Three Colonial Connecticut Broadsides, 1760, 1766 and 1769. Proclamations for a day of fasting and prayer, two from Governor Thomas Fitch (1760 & 1766) printed by Timothy Green, New-London, and one from Governor William Pitkin (1769), Green and Watson, Hartford, two are 15 x 10¾ in. and one (1766) is 15 x 11¾ in., each toned and laid to board. The first, published during the French and Indian War, asks "that God would protect and bless the British Colonies in America, save them from all further Depredations of their Enemies, prosper and succeed all our future Operations and Enterprises against them…" (Evans 8569)
The 1766 broadside proclaims the need for public fasting and prayer "…considering …The unhappy, divided and perplexing Situation of our public Affairs; and the unsettled State they are in; The dark and threatning Aspects of divine Providence, with regard to the Liberties and Peace, of this, and the other British Colonies and Plantations in America…." (Evans 10268)
The 1769 broadside reflects that "Our public Affairs are involved in great Perplexity and Difficulty"and asks for prayers to "dispose the Heart of the King, and His Counsellors, to lend a favourable Ear to our Petitions, and redress Our Grievancies…." (Evans 11219).
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.
Colonial and Revolutionary America
