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By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of the province of New-York ... A proclamation : ... I do hereby strictly prohibit the breaking of the Lord's Day, all prophane swearing, cursing, drunkenness, idleness and unlawful gaming ... Given under my hand at Philadelphia the 29th day of April, 1693
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Proclamation (1693 April 29)
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By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of the province of New-York ... A proclamation : ... I do hereby strictly prohibit the breaking of the Lord's Day, all prophane swearing, cursing, drunkenness, idleness and unlawful gaming ... Given under my hand at Philadelphia the 29th day of April, 1693.
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1 online resource (1 sheet)
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LLMC Digital Library Collection
Notes
Signed: Ben. Fletcher.
Printed by William Bradford, most probably at Philadelphia, though Eames (in his "The First Year of Printing in New-York") and Evans suggest New York as place of printing. See Reese, W. "The Bradford Imprints," in: New-York Historical Society Quarterly 63 (1979): 55-68.
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Proclamation ... strictly prohibit the breaking of the Lord's Day, all prophane swearing, cursing, drunkenness, idleness and unlawful gaming.
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Print version: New York (Colony). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher). By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of the province of New-York ... A proclamation. [Philadelphia : Printed by William Bradford, 1693]
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Language
English
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October 08, 2019
References
Evans 668.
Wing (2nd ed.) F1301.
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