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By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher Captain General and Governour in Chief of His Majesties Province of New-York, &c. A PROCLAMATION

HAving received the Joyful News of the safe arrival of his Most Excellent Majesty, WILLIAM the Third, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c Amongst his Loving Subjects in His Kingdom of England, in the Month October Last past, of the Success of his Majesties Arms, and of the Wonderful Preservation of his Sacred Person from the many wicked flagitious Conspiracies and Contrivances of his Enemies, as we [...] as in the Danger to which his [...] is pleased so generously to Expose his Sacred Person, for the [...] all his Loving Subjects, I have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice and Consent of his [...] Council for this Province to appoint Thursday the 22th of April next ensuing, a Solemn day [...] [...]anksgiving to Almighty God throughout this Province, for so gracious and signal favours, and to offer [...] Prayers at the Throne of Grace, for the Continuing of his Mercy and Loving Kindness to our [...]raign Lord the King, to grant him a long, and happy Life a Victorious and Prosperous Reign in this W [...]ld, and an Ever­lasting Crown of Glory in the World to Come.

And all Ministers and Preachers of the Word of God, and all other Persons whatsoever [...]abiting and So­journing within this Province and Dependencies, are hereby required to celebrate and keep the same at their Churches or Publick Meeting houses accordingly, as they will answer the Contrary at th [...]r Peril.

Ben. Fletcher,

God Save the KING

Printed by William Bradford, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, [...] the City of New-York, 1697.

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