By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant-governor and commander in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation. : Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, in His most righteous and holy providence, to continue to afflict our nation and its colonies, with a tedious and expensive war .. I have thought fit, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Council, to order and appoint, that Wednesday the thirteenth day of July next, be observed as a day of solemn publick prayer, fasting, and humiliation throughout this province. ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort-George, in the city of New-York, the twenty-first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

New York (State). Lieutenant Governor (1753-1760 : De Lancey)

Contributor:

De Lancey, James, 1703-1760.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40925.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York (State)--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.

New York (State).

History.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Fast day proclamations -- 1757 July 13.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Printed by James Parker], [1757]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Signed: James De Lancey. By His Honour's command, Gw. Banyar, dep. secry. God save the King.

James Parker was the printer for the state of New York at this time.

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 40925).

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Bristol B1909

Shipton and Mooney 40925

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