Commonwealth of Massachusetts : By His Excellency, Henry J. Gardner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and praise ... Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November next ... Given at the Council chamber, in Boston, this twenty-third day of October ... one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five ... / Henry J. Gardner, governor, with the advice of the Council ; Ephraim M. Wright, secretary.

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Credit: Commonwealth of Massachusetts : By His Excellency, Henry J. Gardner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and praise ... Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November next ... Given at the Council chamber, in Boston, this twenty-third day of October ... one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five ... / Henry J. Gardner, governor, with the advice of the Council ; Ephraim M. Wright, secretary. Source: Wellcome Collection.