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Description and Holding Information
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1763-07-28, Proclamation of thanksgiving for peace
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July 28, 1763 Proclamation by Governor Benning Wentworth establishing August 11th as a day of general thanksgiving for the conclusion of peace. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of a title originally held by the Massachusetts Historical Society Library)
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Title:
By His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq ; captain-general, governor and commander in chief in and over his Majesty's province of New-Hampshire ... A proclamation for a general thanksgiving : His Majesty having been pleased to signify his royal pleasure, that a public thanksgiving, should be observed in his American colonies, on the happy conclusion of the peace. ... Thursday, the eleventh of August, shall be observed and kept as a day of publick thanksgiving ... Given at the Council-chamber in Portsmouth, the 28th day of July, in the third year of His Majesty's reign, 1763.
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OCLC Number:
62816138
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Available Volumes
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Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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