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By His Excellency William Greene, Esquire, Governor ... of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations ... A proclamation : Whereas the most honorable the Continental Congress did on the seventeenth day of November last, pass the following resolve ... I have therefore thought fit to issue this proclamation ... to observe the said thirtieth day of December, as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state, this eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight ...

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Rhode Island. Governor (1778-1786 : Greene), United States. Continental Congress
Other Authors:	Greene, William, 1731-1809
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 43535.
Subjects:	Broadsides. Thanksgiving day proclamations > 1778 Dec. 30.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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