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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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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. ...
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 sheet)
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LLMC Digital Library Collection
Notes
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed December 6, 2018).
Summary
Proclamation setting March 7th as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer to assist in the war against Britain.
Other formats
Print version: Massachusetts. Council. Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. A proclamation for a general fast. [Watertown, Mass. : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
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October 08, 2019
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References
Evans 14841.
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1981.
Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 926.
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Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Broadsides.
Fast day proclamations - 1776 Mar. 7.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Broadsides.
Fast day proclamations - 1776 Mar. 7.
History.
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