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of the borough of Lancaster, and Simon Snyder of the said borough, be 

 appointed, and they are hereby appointed sub-Lieutenants of the said 

 County of Lancaster, and that they and each of them shall have, use, 

 and exercise all the powers and authorities which the sub -Lieutenants 

 appointed in the Militia Law of this State are authorized and empowered 

 to have, use or exercise, and shall be allowed the like pay for their ser- 

 vices as to the sub -Lieutenants appointed by virtue of the said Militia 

 law is or hath been allowed. 



"By order of the Council of Safety. 



"Thomas Wharton, jun'r. President. 

 The Council met, Lancaster, Wednesday, November 12, 1777. 



PRESENT: 



His Excellency Tho's Wharton, jun'r, Esq'r, President. Hon'ble 

 George Bryan, Esq'r, Vice President. 



Jacob Morgan, John Hambright, and 



James Edgar, Jacob Arndt, f *^ 



The Hon'ble the Continental Congress, having recommended the setting 

 apart Thursday the Eighteenth day of December next for Solemn thanks- 

 giving and praise, and this Council having duly weighed the importance 

 of this duty, do in the following words, recommend it to the people of 

 this Commonwealth, viz: 



" By the Swpreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 



"A PROCLAMATION: 



" Whereas, The Hon'ble the Continental Congress have recommended 

 in the following words, to wit : 



^^ Forasmuch as it is the indispensable duty of all Men to adore the 

 superintending Providence of Almighty God, to acknowledge with grati- 

 tude their obligations to Him for benefits received, and to implore such 

 further obligations as they stand in need of; and it having pleased Him 

 in his abundant Mercy, not only to continue to us the innumerable bless- 

 ings of His Common Providence, but also to smile upon us in the prose- 

 cution of a just and necessary War, for the defence and establishment of 

 our unalienable rights and liberties, particularly in that He hath been 

 pleased in so great a manner to prosper the means used for the support of 

 our Troops, and to Crown our Arms with most signal success; it is 

 therefore, recommended to the Legislative or Executive Powers of these 

 United States, to set apart Thursday the Eighteenth day of December 

 next, for Solemn thanksgiving and praise, that at one time and with one 

 voice, the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts, 

 and consecrate themselves to the service of their Divine Benefactor, and 

 that together with their sincere acknowledgments and offerings, they may 

 join the penitent confession of their manifold sins, whereby they had 



