By the Honorable Joseph Wanton, Esquire, governor, captain-general, and commander in chief, of and over the English colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations ... A proclamation : Whereas the General Assembly of the colony aforesaid ... voted and resolved, that Thursday, the thirtieth day of this instant June, be set apart as a day of fasting, prayer, & supplication ... Given under my hand, and the seal of the said colony, at Newport, this twentieth day of June ... one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-four .