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Browsing: Diary of John Adams, Volume 3
Docno: ADMS-01-03-02-0016-0047
Date: 1775-06-07
[Wednesday June 7. 1775.]
On Wednesday June 7. 1775. On motion resolved, that Thursday the 20th. of July next
be observed throughout the twelve united Colonies, as a Day of Humiliation, Fasting
and Prayer; and that Mr. Hooper, Mr. J. Adams and Mr. Paine, be a Committee to bring
in a resolve for that purpose.1
The Committee appointed to prepare Advice in Answer to the Letter from the Convention
of Massachusetts Bay, brought in their report, which was read and ordered to lie on
the Table for Consideration.
1. This committee reported a proclamation on 12 June, which was adopted (apparently with
some changes) and ordered to be “published in the newspapers, and in hand bills” (JCC, 2:87–88; 3:507 [”Bibliographical Notes,” Nos. 47–48]). A draft, perhaps but not
certainly in the hand of William Hooper, is in the Adams Papers under date of June 1775; it contains some but not much of the language eventually used.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2016.
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