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Committee to Prepare a form of Proclamation

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Charles Chauncy, Esq˙, brought down from the honourable Board an Order for the appointment of a day for a general Thanksgiving, passed in Council viz:

"In Council, October 30, 1775.

"Ordered, That James Otis and Eldad Taylor, Esqs˙, with such as the honourable House shall join, be a Committee to appoint some day for holding a general Thanksgiving

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throughout this Colony, and to report the form of a Proclamation therefor, and the manner in which the same shall issue."

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Details

Title

Committee to prepare a form of Proclamation for a general Thanksgiving throughout the Colony

Creator

Massachusetts, House of Representatives

Editor

Massachusetts, House of Representatives

Resource Type

text

Genre/Form

documents (object genre)

Date Created

1775-10-30

Recipient

Massachusetts, House of Representatives

Presentation Location

Boston, Massachusetts, North America

Before Whom

Massachusetts, House of Representatives

Subject

Key people, events, and institutions: meetings, provincial conventions and assemblies
Social reality: religion and fast days

Document ID

S4-V3-P01-sp29-D0161

Series

S4

Volume

S4-V3

Part

S4-V3-P01

Sub-Part

S4-V3-P01-sp29

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