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It is issued by Gov. Shirley, and begins,
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It being our constant and indispensable duty by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving to make known our requests to God, &c. He then appoints the 12th of April ensuing to be observed as a day of general fasting and prayer. After acknowledging
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the people are required to implore the Divine mercy for
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the life and health of
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Our Sovereign Lord the King; the prosperity of his government; that he would direct and grant success to his Majesty's arms in the present war, and prevent a further rupture among the nations; in behalf of the Prince and Princess of Wales; and that
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&c. Given at the Council Chamber, signed, &c., and ending
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God save the King.
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WAR AGAINST THE FRENCH KING.
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Declaration of war against the French King. It purports to be issued originally from
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Our Court at St. James's, the twenty-ninth day of March, 1744, in the 17th year of our reign.
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God save the King.
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Printed in London by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, printers to the King's most excellent Majesty, 1744.
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Boston, N. E. reprinted by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor and Council, 1774.
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It refers to other offensive conduct of the French King, and then replies to some assertions made in the
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French King's declaration of war.
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Being therefore indispensably obliged to take up arms,