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- GLC#
- GLC01412.11-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 12 May 1756
- Author/Creator
- Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
- Title
- [Proclamation creating a day of fasting and rest in the province of Rhode Island]
- Place Written
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 37 cm, Width: 24 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- Native Americans
Countersigned by Thomas Ward as Secretary. Signed by Hopkins as colonial Governor of Rhode Island. Extols religious reform and repentence of sins. Notes the calamities of the French and Indian War. Proclaims that Thursday, 20 May 1756 will be a day of fasting and prayer throughout the colony. Directs that no labor will be done and the people should pray at places of public worship. This same document was probably later printed. "God Save the King" is written at the bottom of the page.
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