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In Congress, Saturday, March 16, 1776. [electronic resource] : In times of impending calamity and distress ... The Congress therefore ... do earnestly recommend, that Friday, the seventeenth day of May next, be observed by the said colonies as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer ...
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Continental Congress.
- Massachusetts. General Court., Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Resolves. 1776-03-16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proclamations--United States--Early works to 1800.
- Proclamations.
- United States. Congress. House--Early works to 1800.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Fast day proclamations -- 1776 May 17.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet )
- Other Title:
- In Congress, Saturday, March 16, 1776
- Place of Publication:
- [Watertown, Mass. : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776]
- Notes:
- Resolution of the Continental Congress passed Mar. 16, 1776.
- Signed: By order of Congress, John Hancock, president. Attest. Charles Thompson [i.e., Thomson], secretary.
- Followed by: Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay. In Council, April 3, 1776. Read and accepted, and ordered that a suitable number be printed .. In the House of Representatives, April 4, 1776. Read and concurr'd. ..
- Imprint supplied by Evans.
- Printed area measures 36.7 x 22.9 cm.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 15133
- Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1949
- English Short Title Catalog, W15265.
- OCLC:
- 511020597
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