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Creator Connecticut. Governor (1858-1866 : Buckingham)
Contributor Buckingham, William A. (William Alfred), 1804-1875
Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner.
Title By His Excellency William A. Buckingham, Governor of the state of Connecticut, a proclamation. : Extensive and powerful combinations for the subversion of our government still exist, civil war continues to exhaust and desolate the land, and citizens of our common country rush to meet in deadly conflict. ... I do therefore appoint Friday, the 18th day of April next, to be observed throughout this commonwealth as a day of humilitation, fasting and prayer; ... Given under my hand and the seal of the state, at the city of Norwich, this, the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-sixth. / William A. Buckingham. By His Excellency's command, J. Hammond Trumbull, Secratary of State.
Publisher [Norwich, Conn.? : s.n]
Publisher CONN. Norwich. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 42 x 28 cm.
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Fasts and feasts -- Connecticut.
Geographic subject Connecticut -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1862 Conn Gov 5786.F.17a (McAllister)
Accession number 5786.F.17a (McAllister)

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