by Jill Martin Rische

“With true repentance and contrition of Heart, we may unitedly implore
the forgiveness of our Sins, through the merits of Jesus Christ, and
humbly supplicate our Heavenly Father, to grant us the aids of his Grace,
for the amendment of our Hearts and Lives, and vouchsafe his
smiles upon our temporal concerns.”

Samuel Adams

Feb. 28, 1795, proclamation,
as Massachusetts governor