By His Excellency Richard Earl of Bellomont, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York ... A proclamation[.] : Whereas there is nothing more evident in Holy Scriptures, than when a nation or people do with-draw their affections from God and his holy ordinances, and suffer themselves to be mis-guided by their wild and natural appetites ... I have therefore thought fit ... to publish & proclaim a solemn day of fast and prayer ... Wednesday the 26th of this instant October ... Given under my hand at Fort William Henry this sixth day of October, 1698 ...