Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-20
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Century and n Han Ago.
An old Boston newspaper, the Gasct,c, OF
the date OF October OH, 1921, contains a
Thanksgiving proclamation that sounds
queer to us in these days The fulsome adu.
latlon OF tho king must probably he attributed
To the utra.tory principles Of old Governor
Shute, WHO may have meant IL AZ rebuke TO
tho independent and robelliOus sentiments
that were making themselves then already
80 strongly felt in the province "A to have In.
yolyed the governor in sharp controversies
with the legislature at this time, and which
resulted in his leaving the province soon
after when wo remember that in 1921 the
smallpox ragged In Massachusetts, to a terrible
extent, No that out of nineteen thousand pop
ulatIon six thousand persons were afflicted
with it. and no less than one thousand died ;
and that the peace Of the colony was IN immi-
neDt perll from threatened uprising OF the
Indians, we can understand the dOleful ref
erences in the proclamation. It IL noticeable,
too, that while the proclamation was dated
September 18th, and set apart September the
g6tn IA Thanksgiving day, the date of its
publication in the GG-cttc is October 9th, two
weeks after Thanksgiving day had passed.
The text OF the proclamation is az follows ;
"By his ErccUeucy,
SAMUEL SHUTE, ESQ,
Captain General and Governor in-chief in
and over His Majesty Province of the Mass
achusetts Bay in New England, etc. 4
Proclamation Ion aGeneral
Thanksgiving.
For a. much as amidst the various awful
Rebukes OF Heaven, with which We are
righteously afflicted, in the Contagious and
Mortal Sickness among u.s. especially in the
Town of Boston the long aud immOderate
Rains, which have been 50 hurtful TO the
Husbsndry and Fishery And the threaten
ing Aspect of Affairs with respect to our
tiuhnSt
most Indispensable Obligations OF Gratitude
for tho many Instances OF the Divine Good
ness in tho tavors vOuchsaed 10 US in the
Course Of the Year past Particularly, For
tho Life OF our Gracious Sovereign Lord, the
King, Their ROyal Highnesses, the Prince
and Princess OF Wales and their Issue, and
the increase oi the Royal Family The Pres
ervatiOu of His Msiesty's Kingdoms and
DominiOns from the terrible and desOlating
Pestilencs, which hath tor so long time been
wasting the Kingdom Of France; And the
happy success of His Maiestys Wise COun-
ellis tor Restoring and Confirming the Peace
OF Europe For the Continuance OF our valu-
able Privileges, both Civil and Ecclesiastical;
aud the Divine Blessing upon this Govern
ment in their administrations; Particularly,
in succeeding the Methods taken to prevent
the Insults OF the Eastern Indians For Civ
ing so great a Measure Of Health within the
Province, aud mOdcratlng the Mortality OF
Small. .POX, so that great number OF Persons
hrb ISttDNtTtu lIDiil Luhl bl7ltilitl anu lol
granting us so comfortable former Harvest,
and so hopeful Prospect OF the latter:
81 have, therefore, thought nj with the
Advice OF His Maiesty's Council, TO order
and appoint Thursday, tbs Iwenty-SINth In
slant, to DO Observed as Day of Public
Thanksgiving throughout the Province,
strictly iorbidding all Serylle LabOur thereon,
and exhorting both Ministers and People in
their respective Assemblies on the said Day
to Oiier up humble and sincere Thanks &c
Almighty God, fer the many tayOTs, as atore
said, and for many other Blessings bestowed
on sinful People.
"Gtven at Boston, the Eighteenth Day O
September, l12l. And III the Eighth Year 0
the Reign OF our Sovereign Lord George, by
the Grace OF God Uf Great Britain, France
and Ireland. King, Defender oi tho Faith
etc.
BY order of the GJNcrnor with Advice o
the Council, =. NUJ III.
+. WILLARD, Sec 20
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