Fast Days. Proclamations,
Continental Congress. *#H 290.128
In Congress, Saturday, March 16, 1776. In times of impending calamity . . . it becomes the « «.
duty of these . . . colonies . . . to acknow=
ledge . .. God .. . and to supplicate his
| interposition . . . The Congress therefore . e+ | do... recommend, that Friday (May 17] be ob=
served . . - as a day of humiliation, fasting,
ame Gener (Continued)