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By His Excellency John Hancock, Esq; ... A proclamation for a day of thanksgiving. : ... the thirteenth day of December next (the day recommended by the Congress to all the states) ... Given at the council-chamber in Boston the twenty second day of November ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty one

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1781]
Call number: 82903 no.1
Creator: Massachusetts(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (1/2 sheet)
Associated people: Hancock, John, (1737-1793,)
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