By His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire ... A proclamation. : Whereas a party of British troops made an incursion and attack on the towns of New-London and Groton, on the sixth of September last ... I ... do hereby appoint, Thursday the thirteenth day of December next, the day set apart for thanksgiving ... for the good people in each and every of the religious societies and congregations throughout this state, to give and bestow their free and charitable donations, for the comfort and relief of the sufferers ... Given under my hand in Lebanon, the twenty-second day of November ... one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-one ...

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

New-London [Conn.]

Printed by Timothy Green, printer to the governor and company

1781-11-22
[1781]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 22 cm

Signed: Jonth. Trumbull. Printed area measures 31.4 x 18.5 cm. Not in Evans or Bristol. References: Johnson, H.A. New London, 1110.

Broadsides -- SY1781 no.18
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Thanksgiving Day--Connecticut
Fasts and feasts--Connecticut
Charities -- Connecticut
Groton Heights, Battle of, Conn., 1781

Connecticut--Religious life and customs--18th century
Connecticut -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Destruction and pillage
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Civilian relief
New London (Conn.) -- History -- Burning by the British, 1781

broadsides (notices)
proclamations

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