By the Honourable Cadwallader Colden, Esq ; president of His Majesty's Council, and commander in chief of the province of New-York, and the territories depending thereon in America. A proclamation : Whereas it hath pleased almighty God, to continue his Divine presence and blessing with the forces of our gracious Sovereign, employ'd in North-America ... I ... do ordain and appoint, that Thursday the twenty-third day of October, instant, be set apart and observed, throughout this province, as a day of publick thanksgiving ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort-George, in the city of New-York, the first day of October, 1760 . - Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 ([publisher not identified], 1760)