[Proclamation creating a day of fasting and rest in the province of Rhode Island]
12 May 1756
Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
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...
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