By the United States in Congress assembled: A proclamation : Whereas it hath pleased the Supreme Ruler of all human events, to dispose the hearts of the late belligerent powers ... recommend ... to set apart the second Thursday in December next as a day of public thanksgiving ... Done by the United States in Congress assembled ... this eighteenth day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three .

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