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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 ...
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Continental Congress.
- Standardized Title:
- Proclamations. 1781-03-20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proclamations--United States--Early works to 1800.
- Proclamations.
- Genre:
- Fast day proclamations -- 1781 May 3.
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet )
- Other Title:
- By the United States in Congress assembled. Proclamation
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781]
- 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.
- Imprint supplied by Evans.
- Printed area measures 37.0 x 18.1 cm.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 17386
- Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2301
- English Short Title Catalog, W30087.
- Contains:
- Massachusetts. Governor (1780-1785 : Hancock). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Agreeably to the above ... [April 11, 1781].
- OCLC:
- 511183002
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