By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation : As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God ... I do hereby recommend, that Wednesday the ninth day of May next be observed throughout the United States, as a day of solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer ... given under my hand ... this twenty-third day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight ...
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By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation : As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God ... I do hereby recommend, that Wednesday the ninth day of May next be observed throughout the United States, as a day of solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer ... given under my hand ... this twenty-third day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight ...
Subject
Proclamations -- United States.
Description
1 broadside : ill. (relief cut) 39 x 32 cm.
Signed: John Adams. By the President Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.;"Printed area, including seal of the United States at head of title, measures 35.3 x 27.5 cm.";"Evans 34797"
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United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams)
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
Date
2009-09-16T17:55:49Z
2009-09-16T17:55:49Z
1798
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United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams), “By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation : As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God ... I do hereby recommend, that Wednesday the ninth day of May next be observed throughout the United States, as a day of solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer ... given under my hand ... this twenty-third day of March ... one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight ...,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/13658.
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