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Massachusetts A Proclamation for a general fast [Massachusetts Bay Colony]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04817 Author/Creator: Massachusetts Place Written: [Watertown] Type: Broadside Date: 1776/02/22 Pagination: 1 sheet + docket 39.1 x 26 cm Order a Copy

Printed by Benjamin Edes. References: Evans 14841, MHS Broadsides 1981.

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