By command of the King of Kings, and at the desire of all who love His appearing : At the theatre of the universe, on the eve of time, will be performed, The great assize, or Day of Judgment. (Recommended to the inhabitants of Boston.).
| Other author | Hill, Rowland, 1744-1833. |
| Other author | Wesley, John, 1703-1791. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : [publisher not identified], [between 1775 and 1800] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 47 x 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | By command of the King of Kings. |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49268. ^A478749 |
| General note | A satirical handbill on theatrical amusements. |
| General note | One edition (Bristol B3742) indicates that the original handbill "was stuck up at Richmond, on Saturday the 4th of June, 1774, close to the playbill for that day." Other editions were issued at Baltimore in 1774 (Evans 13182), Windsor, Vt., in 1789 (McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 2251), and New York in 1798. |
| General note | Later editions bear attribution to either Rev. John Wesley or Rev. Rowland Hill. However, the handbill is not referred to in Tyerman's 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). |
| General note | Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 41.1 x 21.8 cm. |
| General note | Not in Evans or Bristol. |
| Reproduction note | 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. 49268). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Satires. |
| Other title | The Great assize, or Day of Judgment. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |