Inasmuch as ... gratitude ... to the sovereign of the world ... I have therefore thought fit ... to appoint a day of public thanksgiving to God ... Thursday, the thirtieth of November next ... Given at the Council chamber, in Boston, this twenty-first day of Octo. in the year of our Lord 1797 ... I.. Sumner. Attest Jno Avery Sect.

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