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Description and Holding Information
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1760-02-28, Proclamation of public thanksgiving
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February 28, 1760 Proclamation by Governor Benning Wentworth announcing the King's royal proclamation for a day of thanksgiving and establishing
March 13th as a day of public thanksgiving to commemorate the British capture of Quebec. (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 ... : It having been His Majesty's pleasure to signify his commands to me, that his royal proclamation for a public thanksgiving should be solemnized and kept in all His Majesty's colonies in America ... I have therefore thought fit to cause His Majesty's said proclamation to be herewith printed, and to appoint Thursday the thirteenth day of March to be observed and kept as a day of public thanksgiving throughout this province ... Given at Protsmouth the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixty ...
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OCLC Number:
62816136
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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