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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 15

(x) Documents
National Fast
1702 (12 June) Act For a National Fast, extracted from the records of Parliament by Jo. Mackenzie. Also an Act Of the Commission of the General Assembly, anent a Solemn National Fast and Humiliation (3 June), extracted by Dav. Dundas; the act was to improve the lawfulness of the people who, it was felt, were falling into bad ways, " ... Let us therefore humble our selves before the Lord, and amend our ways and doing, and turn unto the Lord with Fasting and with Weeping, and with Mourning, and to return to the Lord our God with all our heart ...". Also 1706 (27 Dec.) A Proclamation Discharging Unwarrantable and Seditius Convocations and Meetings, extracted from the Records of Parliament by Ja. Murray. All are soiled and tatty

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Estimate
£50 to £80