By His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state, this twenty-sixth day of November, A.D. 1781 ...

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state, this fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three ...

By His Excellency William Greene, Esq; Governor ... of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. A proclamation : ... that Thursday, the first day of December next, should be observed by the inhabitants of this state as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given under my hand, this tenth day of November ... 1785.

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state, at Providence, this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and of independence the eighteenth.

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... Given under my hand, at Providence, this fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two ...

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esquire, L.S. governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... Given under my hand and the seal of the said state, at Providence, this third day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred ...

By His Excellency William Greene, Esq; Governor ... of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. A proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly ... did receive, from the most honorable the Congress of the United States, the definitive articles of peace and friendship, between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty, together with the ratification thereof, and recommendation thereon ... Given under my hand, this first day of March ... 1784.

By the Honorable Nicholas Cooke, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : Whereas it is the duty of all men ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state , at Providence, this fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six.

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 ...

By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly ... on the first Monday in December ... Given under my hand and the seal of the said colony, this fifteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven ...

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. A proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly ... resolved, that it be and hereby is recommended to the people of this state, to observe Thursday the twenty-eighth day of November inst. as a day of public and devout prayer and thanksgiving ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state, at Providence, this fifth day of November ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine ...

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esquire, governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... Given under my hand ... at Providence, this third day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four ...

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. A proclamation : Whereas by an act of the General Assembly ... entitled, "An act establishing the digest of laws ..." it is ... therein provided, the governor ... be authorized and requested to issue a proclamation, announcing that the laws contained in said digest shall be in full force and effect ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said state, this sixth day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight ...

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 twentieth day of March last pass the following resolve ... I have therefore thought fit ... to observe the said first Thursday in May, as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer ... Given under my hand and the seal of the said state, this seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine ...

By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... I issue this proclamation, hereby ordering that Thursday, the twenty-second day of November current, be observed and kept by all the inhabitants of this colony, as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given under my hand, at the Council chamber, at South-Kingstown, the second day of November ... Annoq; dom. 1759.

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esquire, governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : ... Given under my hand, at Providence, this thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven ...

By the Honorable Samuel Ward, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : The General Assembly of this colony having appointed Thursday, the twenty-six ... Given under my hand at Newport, this sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thouand seven hundred and sixty-six ...

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; governor ... of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. A proclamation : ... Given ... at Providence, this sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five ...

By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esquire, governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation for a general thanksgiving in said colony : ... Given under my hand and the seal of the colony aforesaid, at Providence, the fifth day of November ... Anno domini, 1760.

His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor. The Honorable Jabez Bowen, Esq; dep. governor.

His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor. The Honorable Jabez Bowen, Esq; deputy governor.
Published: (1781)

His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor. The Honorable Jabez Bowen, Esq; dep. governor.

His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor. The Honorable Jabez Bowen, Esq; dep. governor.

By His Excellency Arthur Fenner, Esq; Governor ... of Rhode-Island and Providence-Platantations. ... A proclamation : Whereas the sixth article of the Constitution of the United States of America requires, that "the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution ... Given under my hand, at Providence, this fourteenth day June ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety ...

By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : The burthens and calamities of a cruel and expensive war, having been happily terminated by a just and glorious peace, the King hath judged it proper, that a public thanksgiving to Almighty God, should be observed throughout all his colonies in America ... Thursday the twenty-fifth day of the present month ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Providence, the eighth day of August ... 1763. ...

1784. His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor. The Honorable Jabez Bowen, Esq; dep. governor.

By His Excellency George Clinton, Esq. governor of the state of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas His Excellency James Bowdoin Esq; governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, did issue his proclamation ... Given under my hand and the privy seal, at the city of New-York, this 24th day of February ... 1787.

1785. His Excellency William Greene, Esq; governor. The Honorable Jabez Bowen, dep. governor.

By His Excellency George Clinton, Esq; governor of the state of New York ... proclamation : The appointment of delegates, to represent this state in the Congress of the United States ... and other important business, rendering it necessary to convene the legislature: I do therefore, hereby require the Senate and Assembly of this state, to convene at Poughkeepsie ... Given under my hand, and the privy seal of the said state, at Poughkeepsie aforesaid, this sixth day of September ... 1781.
by: Clinton, George, 1739-1812

By His Excellency George Clinton, Esq; governor of the state of New York ... proclamation : The appointment of delegates, to represent this state in the Congress of the United States ... and other important business, rendering it necessary to convene the legislature: I do therefore, hereby require the Senate and Assembly of this state, to convene at Poughkeepsie ... Given under my hand, and the privy seal of the said state, at Poughkeepsie aforesaid, this sixth day of September ... 1781.

By the Honourable Richard Ward Esq; governour ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation : Whereas Obadiah Mors [as printed] ... was found guilty of engraving a false and counterfeit plate of twenty shillings, in imitation of the true twenty shilling bills ... Given under my hand in Newport aforesaid the twenty seventh day of May ... 1742.

By the Honorable Thomas Fitch Esq; governor ... of Connecticut ... A proclamation : ... that a publick thanksgiving, be observed ... on the twenty-sixth day of November, next ... Given under my hand at the Council-chamber, in New-Haven, the twenty-seventh day of October ... 1761. ...

By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas the several governments of the Massachusetts-Bay, New-Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode-Island, being apprehensive of the great danger to which his majesty's colonies are exposed by the encroachments made by the French on his majesty's lands upon this continent ... Given under my hand at Boston, the twenty-sixth day of March 1755 ...

By His Excellency George Clinton, Esq; governor of the state of New-York ... proclamation : Whereas the Senate and Assembly of this state, did by concurrent resolutions ... propose certain overtures with respect to the controverted lands ... Given under my hand and the privy seal of the said state, at Poughkeepsie, on the thirty-first day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight.

By His Excellency William Franklin, Esq; ... A proclamation : Whereas I have received information ... that on the eighth day of November instant, a boat's crew ... boarded and re-took ... a certain pilot-boat ... Given under my hand ... the seventeenth day of November ... 1770.

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.

By the Honorable William Pitkin, Esq; governor ... of Connecticut ... A proclamation : ... Thursday the seventeenth day of November next, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given under my hand in the Council chamber in New-Haven, the 24th day of October ... 1768. ...