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Inasmuch
as the great Father
has given us this year
an abundant harvest of
Indian corn, wheat,
peas, beans, squashes,
and garden vegetables,
and has made the
forests to abound with
game and the sea with
fish and clams, and
inasmuch as he has
protected us from the
ravages of the
savages, has spared us
from pestilence and
disease, has granted
us freedom to worship
God according to the
dictates of our own
conscience.
Now
I, your magistrate, do
proclaim that all ye
Pilgrims, with your
wives and ye little
ones, do gather at ye
meeting house, on ye
hill, between the
hours of 9 and 12 in
the day time, on
Thursday, November
29th, of the year of
our Lord one thousand
six hundred and
twenty-three and the
third year since ye
Pilgrims landed on ye
Pilgrim Rock, there to
listen to ye pastor
and render
thanksgiving to ye
Almighty God for all
His blessings.
.
William
Bradford
Ye Governor of Ye
Colony
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