By the United States in Congress assembled. Proclamation. At all times it is our duty to acknowledge the over-ruling providence of the great Governor of the Universe ... recommend, that Thursday the third day of May next may be observed as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer ... Done in Congress the twentieth day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one ..

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United States. Continental Congress.

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Proclamations. 1781-03-20

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By the United States in Congress assembled. Proclamation. [electronic resource] : At all times it is our duty to acknowledge the over-ruling providence of the great Governor of the Universe ... recommend, that Thursday the third day of May next may be observed as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer ... Done in Congress the twentieth day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one ...

Published

[Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781]

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1 sheet ; 1⁰.

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Notes

Followed by: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Agreeably to the above proclamation, I do .. recommend that Thursday the third day of May next, be observed .. as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer .. Given at the council-chamber in Boston, the eleventh day of April .. one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one .. John Hancock.

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Printed area measures 37.0 x 18.1 cm.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Format

Books / Online

Language

English

Added to Catalog

September 28, 2010

References

Evans, C. American bibliography, 17386