In Congress, Monday, June 12, 1775. : ... This Congress ... recommend, that Thursday, the twentieth day of July next, be observed by the inhabitants of all the English colonies on this continent, as a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer …, recto

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

Watertown [Mass.]

Printed by Benjamin Edes

1775-06-12
[1775]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 44 x 36 cm

Signed: By order of the Congress, John Hancock, president. (A true copy,) Charles Thompson [i.e., Thomson], secretary. Printed area measures 31.9 x 19.7 cm. New-York Historical copy inscribed on verso: fast, 1775, 20 July, Congress, John Hancock. In another hand: Revd. Mr. Rogen, Littleton. References: Evans 14565; Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1806.

Broadsides -- SY1775 no.44
91872d_SY1775_44_recto.TIF

Fasts and feasts--United States

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects

broadsides (notices)
Fast day proclamations--1775 July 20
proclamations

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