By His Excellency Robert Hunter, Esq ; captain general and governour in chief of the provinces of New-York, New-Jersey ... a proclamation. : Considering that true religion and piety are the only firm foundations of the prosperity of any people, and irreligion, immorality and prophaneness the causes of their misery and destruction, are truths attested by the Holy Scriptures, and confirmed by the suffrages of all ages. ... Given under my hand and seal at Fort Anne in New-York this twelfth day of January ... annoq ; Dom. 1711 [1712 New Style]