By command of the King of Kings, and at the desire of all who love His appearing.
Subtitle: At the theatre of the universe, on the eve of time, will be performed, The great assize, or Day of Judgment. (Recommended to the inhabitants of Boston.)
Contributors: Hill, Rowland, 1744-1833; Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49268
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1775
Place of publication: [Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Judgment Day; Theater -- Religious aspects
Other titles: The Great assize, or Day of Judgment
Work titles: By command of the King of Kings
Notes: A satirical handbill on theatrical amusements

One edition (Bristol B3742) indicates that the original handbill "was stuck up at Richmond, on Saturday the 4th of June, 1774, close to the playbill for that day." Other editions were issued at Baltimore in 1774 (Evans 13182), Windsor, Vt., in 1789 (McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 2251), and New York in 1798

Later editions bear attribution to either Rev. John Wesley or Rev. Rowland Hill. However, the handbill is not referred to in Tyerman's Life and times of Wesley (N.Y., 1872), which includes annual bibliographies of Wesley's publications, or in Sidney's The life of Rev. Rowland Hill (N.Y., 1834)

Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 41.1 x 21.8 cm

Not in Evans or Bristol

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49268)