By His Excellency Matthew Griswold, Esquire, governor, captain general, and commander in chief, in and over the state of Connecticut. A proclamation : ... Thursday the second day of December next to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given under my hand at the Council chamber in New-Haven, the first day of November, annoque Domini 1784.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Connecticut. Governor (1784-1786 : Griswold)
Uniform title:	Proclamation (1784 November 1)
Imprint:	New-Haven : Printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, in Chapel-Street, [1784]
Description:	1 online resource (1 broadside)
Language:	English
Subject:	Gratitude -- Connecticut. Special days -- Connecticut. Gratitude. Special days. Connecticut. Broadsides. Thanksgiving day proclamations -- 1784 Dec. 2.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12039446

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Varying Form of Title:	Proclamation ... Thursday the second day of December next to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving ...
Notes:	Signed: Matthew Griswold. By His Excellency's command, George Wyllys, sec'ry. Evans mistakenly suggests Timothy Green of New London as printer. Evans 18417 Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed January 16, 2020).
Summary:	November 1, 1784 broadside issued by Governor Matthew Griswold of Connecticut, proclaiming December 2nd as a day of thanksgiving for God's bounties from the first settlement to the present.
Other form:	Print version: Connecticut. Governor (1784-1786 : Matthew Griswold). By His Excellency Matthew Griswold, esquire, governor, captain general, and commander in chief, in and over the state of Connecticut. New-Haven: Printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, in Chapel-street. [1784]

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