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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEW HAMPSHIRE.) Proclamation for a Public Thanksgiving. Document Signed by Meshech Weare as President of New Hampshire, John Langdon as Speaker, and Ebenezer Thompson as Secretary. 2 pages, 12 x 8 inches, and integral blank; minimal loss at intersection of folds. [Exeter?] NH, 19 November 1778
An act of the New Hampshire Congress appointing 10 December as "a day of public thanksgiving throughout this state, hereby calling upon ministers and people of all denominations to meet for religious worship on said day, and devoutly to offer up their unfeigned praises to Almighty God." The gratitude of Congress was expressed not only for a bountiful fall harvest, but also "that the attempts of our enemies have in a great measure proved abortive; that our rights and privilidges, both civil and religious, are yet preserved to us, notwithstanding all the endeavors of our barbarous enemies to deprive us of them." The proclamation concludes with a prayer that God will "deliver us out of the hands of our enemies" and "keep all sin out of our camps."
