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Description and Holding Information
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1696-01-09, Day of Thanksgiving for the King's victories, Jan. 16th
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January 9, 1696 Broadside issued by Gov. Benjamin Fletcher of New York and Connecticut. The proclamation ordered that January 16-20 be days of
Thanksgiving, and free of work, in honor of King William III's victory in Flanders. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the New
York Historical Society Library).
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Title:
By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of the province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas I have received the joyful news of the safe arrival of our Most Excellent Sovereign Lord, William the Third ... Thursday, the sixteenth instant, for the city and county of New-York, and three and twentieth instant for the city and county of Albany, and the rest of the counties of the said province, to be observed and celebrated publick days of thanks-giving ... Dated at His Majesties Fort in New-York the ninth day of January ... annoq ; Domini 1695,6. ...
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OCLC Number:
62817041
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
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