Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation for a general fast : it having pleased the alwise, righteous and holy sovereign of the world to rectify his displeasure against the American Colonies in general ... Thursday, the seventh day of March next ... Given at the Council-chamber, in Watertown, this twenty-second day of February ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. ...
1776
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Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation for a general fast : it having pleased the alwise, righteous and holy sovereign of the world to rectify his displeasure against the American Colonies in general ... Thursday, the seventh day of March next ... Given at the Council-chamber, in Watertown, this twenty-second day of February ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. ...
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[Watertown, Mass.] : [Printed by Benjamin Edes], [1776]
Description
1 online resource (1 sheet)
Summary
Proclamation setting March 7th as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer to assist in the war against Britain.
Note
Signed by Benjamin Greenleaf and fourteen other members of the Massachusetts Council. "By their honor's command, Perez Morton, dep. sec'ry."
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Printed area measures 33.6 x 19.5 cm.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Printed area measures 33.6 x 19.5 cm.
Indexed In
Evans 14841
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1981
Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 926
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1981
Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 926
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed December 6, 2018).
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Available in Other Form
Print version: Massachusetts. Council. Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation for a general fast. [Watertown, Mass. : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776]
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Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Language
English
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