A proclamation / by the president and supreme executive council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; John Dickinson.

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A proclamation by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1782, declaring Sunday to be the Lord's Day.

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1 broadside ; 41 x 33 cm.

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Pennsylvania. Governor (1782-1785 : Dickinson) November 20, 1782.

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A proclamation by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on November 20, 1782, declaring Sunday to be the Lord's Day.

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1 broadside ; 41 x 33 cm.

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Proclamation "to observe the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday."
Evans, 17664.

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  • F153 .A4 1782

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These materials include a 1633 map, America Noviter Delineata; H. K. Yoakum's History of Texas, and Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 by Randolph B. Marcy.

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  • November 20, 1782

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Pennsylvania. Governor (1782-1785 : Dickinson). A proclamation / by the president and supreme executive council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; John Dickinson., poster, November 20, 1782; Philadelphia, Pa.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29439/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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