By the Honourable James De Lancey, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant-governor and commander in chief, in and over the province of New-York ... A proclamation : Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, in His most righteous and holy providence, to continue to afflict our nation and its colonies, with a tedious and expensive war ... I have thought fit, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Council, to order and appoint, that Wednesday the thirteenth day of July next, be observed as a day of solemn publick prayer, fasting, and humiliation throughout this province. ... Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Fort-George, in the city of New-York, the twenty-first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven ...