By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas there is nothing more evident in Holy Scriptures, than when a nation or people do with-draw their affections from God and his holy ordinances, and suffer themselves to be mis-guided by their wild and natural appetites .. I have therefore thought fit ... to publish & proclaim a solemn day of fast and prayer ... Wednesday the 26th of this instant October ... Given under my hand at Fort William Henry this sixth day of October, 1698 ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

New York (Colony). Governor (1698-1701 : Bellomont)

Contributor:

Bellomont, Richard Coote, Earl of, 1636-1701.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 843.

Language:

English

Genre:

Broadsides.

Fast day proclamations -- 1698 Oct. 26.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Printed and sold by William Bradford, printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in the city of New-York, 1698.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Signed: Bellomont. By His Excellency's command, B. Cosens, cl. Concilij. God save the King.

Royal arms at head of title.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 843).

Cited in:

Evans 843

Wing (2nd edition) B1838

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