By His Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esq. Governor and commander in chief of the state of Connecticut. A proclamation : ... Thursday, the 17th of April next, to be religiously observed as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer ... Given at Norwich, the 21st day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-eight ...
March 21, 1788 broadside issued by Governor Samuel Huntington of Connecticut, proclaiming April 17th as a day of fasting and prayer to request God to forgive all the people's transgressions, and in light of an insect infestation that reduced the harvest in many places.
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New-London [Conn.] :
Printed by Timothy Green,
1788.
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