John Dickinson, Pennsylvania, Ss. by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Proclamation: As the Best and Greatest of Beings Commanded Mankind into Existence with a Capacity for Happiness, Bestowing Upon Them Understanding and Many “good Gifts” … All Persons Are Hereby Fervently Exhorted, to Observe the Lord’s Day … Given in Council, Under the Hand of the President, and the Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, This Twentieth Day of November … One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey.

John Dickinson, Pennsylvania, Ss. by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Proclamation: As the Best and Greatest of Beings Commanded Mankind into Existence with a Capacity for Happiness, Bestowing Upon Them Understanding and Many “good Gifts” … All Persons Are Hereby Fervently Exhorted, to Observe the Lord’s Day … Given in Council, Under the Hand of the President, and the Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, This Twentieth Day of November … One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey.

Collection

John Dickinson: Penman of the Revolution

Citation

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.. "John Dickinson, Pennsylvania, Ss. by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Proclamation: As the Best and Greatest of Beings Commanded Mankind into Existence with a Capacity for Happiness, Bestowing Upon Them Understanding and Many “good Gifts” … All Persons Are Hereby Fervently Exhorted, to Observe the Lord’s Day … Given in Council, Under the Hand of the President, and the Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, This Twentieth Day of November … One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey.." Special Collections, University of Delaware Library. Accessed 7 May 2024.
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Title

John Dickinson, Pennsylvania, Ss. by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Proclamation: As the Best and Greatest of Beings Commanded Mankind into Existence with a Capacity for Happiness, Bestowing Upon Them Understanding and Many "good Gifts" ... All Persons Are Hereby Fervently Exhorted, to Observe the Lord's Day ... Given in Council, Under the Hand of the President, and the Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, This Twentieth Day of November ... One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey.

Subject

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.

Description

John Dickinson, Pennsylvania, Ss. by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Proclamation: As the Best and Greatest of Beings Commanded Mankind into Existence with a Capacity for Happiness, Bestowing Upon Them Understanding and Many "good Gifts" ... All Persons Are Hereby Fervently Exhorted, to Observe the Lord's Day ... Given in Council, Under the Hand of the President, and the Seal of the State, at Philadelphia, This Twentieth Day of November ... One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1782.

Creator

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.

Source

Special Collections, University of Delaware Library

Publisher

University of Delaware Library

Date

1782

Type

Still image

Identifier

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