Broadsides.
Massachusetts. Governor. Shirley **FT.90.195 By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq., Captain=General and Gouvernour in chief... A proclamation for a general thanks- giving. Forasmuch as it has pleased God graciously to regard the distressed state of the people . . . under the late extreme drought . and to grant us relief ...I1... appoint Thursday, the 24th of August instant, to be observed ... as a day of general thanksgiving ... [Dated, Aug. 8, 1749]. Boston. Draper. [1749.] Broadside, 1434 x Io inches. \ {This work is kept on the Special Libraries Floor.]
This card was printed at the Boston Public Library, June 25, 1904.
F4109 — Massachusetts. Hist. Colony and Province. — Broadsides. — Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts.