|
State of New-Hampshire. In
Committee of Safety, Exeter, November 1, 1782 :
Ordered, that the following proclamation for a
general thanksgiving on the twenty-eighth day of
November instant, received from the honorable
Continental Congress, be forthwith printed ...
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
IN
COMMITTEE of SAFETY,
EXETER, November 1,
1782.
ORDERED,
THAT
the following Proclamation for a general
THANKSGIVING on the twenty-eighth day of
November [instant?], received from the honorable
Continental Congress, be forthwith printed, and
sent to the several worshipping Assemblies in
this State, to whom it is recommended
religiously to observe said day, and to abstain
from all servile labour thereon.
M. WEARE,
President.
By the United States in
Congress assembled.
PROCLAMATION.
IT being the
indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to
offer up their supplications to ALMIGHTY GOD,
the giver of all good, for his gracious
assistance in a time of distress, but also in a
solemn and public manner to give him praise for
his goodness in general, and especially for
great and signal interpositions of his
providence in their behalf: Therefore the United
States in Congress assembled, taking into their
consideration the many instances of divine
goodness to these States, in the course of the
important conflict in which they have been so
long engaged; the present happy and promising
state of public affairs; and the events of the
war, in the course of the year now drawing to a
close; particularly the harmony of the public
Councils, which is so necessary to the success
of the public cause; the perfect union and good
understanding which has hitherto subsisted
between them and their Allies, notwithstanding
the artful and unwearied attempts of the common
enemy to divide them; the success of the arms of
the United States, and those of their Allies,
and the acknowledgment of their independence by
another European power, whose friendship and
commerce must be of great and lasting advantage
to these States:----- Do hereby recommend to the
inhabitants of these States in general, to
observe, and request the several States to
interpose their authority in appointing and
commanding the observation of THURSDAY the
twenty-eight day of NOVEMBER next, as a day of
solemn THANKSGIVING to GOD for all his mercies:
and they do further recommend to all ranks, to
testify to their gratitude to GOD for his
goodness, by a cheerful obedience of his laws,
and by promoting, each in his station, and by
his influence, the practice of true and
undefiled religion, which is the great
foundation of public prosperity and national
happiness.
Done in Congress, at
Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, in
the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred
and eighty-two, and of our Sovereignty and
Independence, the seventh.
JOHN HANSON, President.
Charles Thomson,
Secretary.
|
