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following is a copy of a bill which was stuck up at Richmond, on Saturday the 4th of June, 1774, close to the playbill for that day
the design of which was to divert the minds of the dissipated and gay from the vain amusements of the theatre, and to fix their attention to the awful circumstances which shall usher in and succeed the great and terrible day of the Lord. ... : By command of the King of Kings, and at the desire of all who love His appearing. At the great theatre of the universe, on the eve of time, will be performed, The great assize, or Day of Judgment
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 45 x 28 cm.
A satirical handbill on theatrical amusements.
Later editions bear attribution to either Revised John Wesley or Rev. Rowland Hill. However, the handbill is not referred to in Tyerman's 3 v. Life and times of Wesley (N.Y., 1872), which includes annual bibliographies of Wesley's publications, or in Sidney's The life of Rev. Rowland Hill (N.Y., 1834).
"Probably English printing."--C.K. Shipton.
Hummel, R.O. Southeastern broadsides, 3003
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42603).