By His Excellency William Livingston, Esq. ... a Proclamation : to appoint the said second Thursday of December next, to be set apart and observed as a day of publick thanksgiving in this state ... Given under my hand and seal at arms at Trenton, the eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America the eighth.