By the Honourable Oliver Wolcott Esquire, lieutenant governor and commander in chief of the state of Connecticut. A proclamation : ... Thursday, the fourteenth day of April next, to be observed as a day of publick humiliation, fasting, and prayer ... Given under my hand in Litchfield this 16th day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six ...

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Corporate author / creator:	Connecticut. Lieutenant Governor (1787-1796 : Wolcott)
Imprint:	[Litchfield, Conn.?] : [Printed by Thomas Collier?], [1796]
Description:	1 online resource (1 broadside) : illustrations (relief cut)
Language:	English
Subject:	Repentance. Fasts and feasts -- Connecticut. Special days -- Connecticut. Fasts and feasts. Repentance. Special days. Connecticut. Fast day proclamations -- 1796 Apr. 14. Broadsides.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12011069

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Varying Form of Title:	Proclamation ... Thursday, the fourteenth day of April next, to be observed as a day of publick humiliation, fasting, and prayer ...
Notes:	Signed: Oliver Wolcott. By His Honour's command, George Wyllys, secretary. Although Evans ascribes to the press of Thomas and Samuel Green at New Haven, the state seal at head does not match that used by the Greens (cf. Evans 30267). Possibly printed at Litchfield, Conn., by that town's only printer in 1796, Thomas Collier. Evans 30266 Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed December 11, 2019).
Summary:	March 16, 1796 broadside issued by Lieutenant Governor Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut, proclaiming April 14th as a day of fasting and prayer to seek God's mercy, favor, and forgiveness.
Other form:	Print version: Connecticut. Lieutenant Governor (1787-1796 : Wolcott). By the Honourable Oliver Wolcott Esquire ... A proclamation. [Litchfield, Conn.? : Printed by Thomas Collier?, 1796]

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