At a General Court held at Boston in New-England the second day of October 1678 : It having been presented and recommended unto this court by the Commissioners of the united Colonies at their late session ... This court ... do accordingly appoint Thursday, the one and twentieth day of November next, being the day agreed upon to be solemnly kept as a day of fasting and prayer ...

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Corporate author / creator:	Massachusetts. General Court.
Imprint:	[Boston] : [Printed by John Foster], [1678]
Description:	1 online resource (1 broadside) : illustrations (relief cut)
Language:	English
Subject:	Repentance. Fasts and feasts -- Massachusetts. Special days -- Massachusetts. Fasts and feasts. Repentance. Special days. Massachusetts. Fast day proclamations -- 1678 Nov. 21. Broadsides.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12039409

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Other authors / contributors:	United Colonies of New England. Commissioners.
Notes:	Signed: By the General Court, Edward Rawson, secr. Imprint determined from colony seal used. Cf. Jones, Matt B. The early Massachusetts-Bay Colony seals, Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, new series, v. 44, 1934, p. 13-44. Evans 250 Wing (2nd ed.) M971 Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 71 Cushing, J.D. Mass. laws, 70 Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed January 22, 2020).
Summary:	October 2, 1678 Proclamation for a day of fasting and prayer and prohibition of all servile work on the 21st of November in reparation for sins and transgressions.
Other form:	Print version: Massachusetts. General Court. At a General Court held at Boston in New-England the second day of October 1678. [Boston : Printed by John Foster, 1678]

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