By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas there is nothing more evident in Holy Scriptures, than when a nation or people do with-draw their affections from God and his holy ordinances, and suffer themselves to be mis-guided by their wild and natural appetites ... I have therefore thought fit ... to publish & proclaim a solemn day of fast and prayer ... Wednesday the 26th of this instant October ... Given under my hand at Fort William Henry this sixth day of October, 1698 ...
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- By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas there is nothing more evident in Holy Scriptures, than when a nation or people do with-draw their affections from God and his holy ordinances, and suffer themselves to be mis-guided by their wild and natural appetites ... I have therefore thought fit ... to publish & proclaim a solemn day of fast and prayer ... Wednesday the 26th of this instant October ... Given under my hand at Fort William Henry this sixth day of October, 1698 ...
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- New York (State). Governor (1698-1701 : Bellomont).
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- [New York] :: Printed and sold by William Bradford, printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty in the city of New-York,,
- 1698.
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- Broadsides.
- Fast day proclamations -- 1698 Oct. 26.
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"By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] Whereas there is nothing more evident in Holy Scriptures, than when a nation or people do with-draw their affections from God and his holy ordinances, and suffer themselves to be mis-guided by their wild and natural appetites ... I have therefore thought fit ... to publish & proclaim a solemn day of fast and prayer ... Wednesday the 26th of this instant October ... Given under my hand at Fort William Henry this sixth day of October, 1698 ..." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N00697.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.