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CC-H.783.043
6 May 1783:31 (955)
Hartford, May 6. His Excellency the governor having
transmitted to the secretary the proclamation from Congress,
signed by the president, declaring a cessation of
hostilities on the part of the United States, with
directions to the sheriff of this county to publish the
same; accordingly on Wednesday last, the day assigned for
the joyful occasions, the guard and artillery company
attended upon the parade by ten in the morning, the sheriff,
from the stage erected for the purpose before the state
house, amidst a respectable concourse, proclaimed the
welcome tidings. . . [14 lines] The guard and artillery
company, followed, in order, by the sheriff, the secretary,
the authority of the town present, several of the clergy,
and the spectators proceeded to the meeting house where a
psalm and an anthem was sung, and an oration delivered by
Mr. Goodrich, all adapted to the occasion. . . [38 lines]
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