By His Excellency James Robertson, Esquire, captain-general and governor in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas it hath graciously pleased Almighty God, to bestow signal victories on His Majesty's arms, and to defeat the united efforts of combined nations, whose powers, even when separate, have been formidable to all Europe ... I have therefore thought fit ... to ordain and appoint .. that Thursday the twenty-third day of this month, be set apart and observed, as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, in the city of New-York, the fourteenth day of January, 1783.
| Author/creator | New York (Colony). |
| Other author | Robertson, James, 1717-1788. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [New York] : [Printed by James Rivington], [1783] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17963. ^A478749 |
| General note | Signed: James Robertson. By His Excellency's command, Sam. Bayard, Jun. sec'ry. |
| General note | Ascribed to the press of James Rivington by Evans. |
| General note | Royal arms at head of title. |
| References | Evans 17963 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17963). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Thanksgiving day proclamations 1783 Jan. 23. |
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