BELCHER, JONATHAN | By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; ... A Proclamation for a general Fast... Boston: Printed by J. Draper, printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council, 1740

Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

BELCHER, JONATHAN 

By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; ... A Proclamation for a general Fast... Boston: Printed by J. Draper, printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council, 1740

Printed broadside (14 7/8 x 12 in.; 375 x 235 mm). Woodcut royal arms at top, woodcut initial, docketed on verso “To Mr. Benjn. Sheldon att Northampton"; browned, royal arms just shaved, some fold separations with tiny loss, laid down on a larger sheet. Framed and glazed. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot.

A rare War of Jenkins’ Ear broadside, issued by the Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

"Whereas His Majesty, upon wise and just Consideration, hath declared War against the King of Spain, and hath likewise been pleased to appoint a Day for publick Fasting and Humiliation, to be observed throughout the Kingdom of Great-Britain, to implore the Blessing and Assistance of Almighty GOD on His Majesty's Arms, and for restoring and perpetuating Peace, Safety and Prosperity to himself and his Kingdoms..."

The present broadside was a proclamation set forth by Governor Jonathan Belcher for a day of fasting and prayer in light of the war against the Spanish. For more than a decade, Jonathan Belcher served simultaneously as colonial governor of the British colonies of New Hampshire (1729–41) and Massachusetts (1730–41), and later as governor of New Jersey (1747–57).

REFERENCE:

Ford, W.C., Broadsides 727