By the Honorable Samuel Ward, Esquire ... A proclamation : .. the General Assembly passed an act, appointing Thursday the eighteenth instant ... a day of public thanksgiving ... and therein requested me to issue a proclamation to make the same known, and to forbid all sports and pastimes, as well as servile labor on that day ... Given under my hand at Newport, this fifth day of November ... one thousand seven hundred and sixty two ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhode Island. Governor (1762-1763 : Ward)

Contributor:

Rhode Island. General Assembly.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Standardized Title:

Proclamation (1762 November 5)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Rhode Island--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.

Rhode Island.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Broadsides.

Thanksgiving day proclamations -- 1762 Nov. 18.

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet) : coat of arms

Other Title:

Proclamation. ... the General Assembly passed an act, appointing Thursday the eighteenth instant ... a day of public thanksgiving ... and therein requested me to issue a proclamation to make the same known, and to forbid all sports and pastimes, as well as servile labor on that day

Place of Publication:

Providence : Printed by William Goddard, [1762]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed June 30, 2017).

Signed: By his honor's command, Sam. Ward. Henry Ward, secr'y.

Printed area measures 36.2 x 24.0 cm.

Cited in:

Bristol B2319

Shipton & Mooney 41304

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 253

Other Format:

Print version: Rhode Island. Governor (1762-1763 : Ward). By the Honorable Samuel Ward, Esquire ... A proclamation.

OCLC:

62819598

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.