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- GLC#
- GLC04117
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 24 April 1783
- Author/Creator
- Weare, Mensach, 1716-1786
- Title
- By the United States of America in Congress assembled a proclamation, declaring the cessation of Arms, as well by sea or land, agreed upon between the United States of America and his Britannie Magesty ; and enjoying the observance thereof
- Place Written
- Exeter, New Hampshire
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 38.5 cm, Width: 31.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
New Hampshire printing of the Congressional proclamation concerning the final ratification of the peace treaty. New York would not be evacuated until November 1783. Signed by J Searson as Deputy Secretary and M. Weare as President of New Hampshire. Reference number: Evans 18240.
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