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Giving thanks to God for success in the Revolutionary War...
Giving thanks to God for success in the Revolutionary War...
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October 16, 1782
THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL OR THE NORTH-AMERICAN INTELLIGENCER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1782
* Giving thanks to God for success in the Revolutionary War
* Rare American title
A newspaper from the closing moments of the Revolutionary War. Page 3 has an item from Fishkill which begins: "We learn from Long Island that the enemy have evacuated their post at Lloyd's Neck the 22nd. That the loyalists on that part of the island had the indulgence offered them of emigrating to Nova Scotia...upwards of 30 of the militia who refused this gracious offer were immediately disarmed..." and a bit more (see).
Page 3 also contains a nice: "Proclamation" by the United States Congress, which mentions in part: "...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 & public manner to give him praise for his goodness in general, and especially for great and signal interpositions of his providence in their behalf..." and further on mention that: "...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...and the events of the war in the course of the year now drawing to a close...do hereby recommend it to the inhabitants of these states...to observe...of Thursday, the 28th day of November next, as a day of solemn thanksgiving to God for all his mercies...to testify their gratitude to God for his goodness..." and more, done in Congress at Philadelphia on the 11th of October, and signed in type by the President: John Hanson (see).
Complete in four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins (desirable), there is a tear to the lower quadrant of the front leaf with an old tape mend which has left a disfiguring stain (see photos) but which does not cause any loss of readability. Since repaired with archival tape. This tear & mend are not close to any mentioned items.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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