By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq ; captain-general and governour in chief, in and over His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay ... A proclamation for a general thanksgiving : ... Thursday the twenty-fourth of August instant ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the eighth day of August, 1749.
August 8, 1749 Proclamation by Governor William Shirley setting August 24th as a day of thanksgiving for God's assistance in a bountiful harvest.
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| Online Access: | Electronic resource from Early American Imprints |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Boston : Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, [1749] |
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