By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief ... of New-York ... A proclamation [electronic resource] : whereas the manifold sins and transgressions that are committed against Almighty God, are a just cause of provocation ... I ... therefore ... appoint, that Fryday, the twenty seventh day of March next ensuing, be observed and kept a solemn day of fasting and ... beseeching the forgiveness of our sins, success and victory to His Majesties arms / given at His Majesties Fort in New York, the 27th day of February ... 1695,6. Ben. Fletcher.