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Poster from the King calling for a fast to implore God to stop the spread of cholera

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This a copy of the proclamation (public announcement) issued by King William IV, in which he calls for all people in England and Ireland to take part in a fast. In the nineteenth century many people believed that disease was a punishment sent by God, and that if they repented (apologised) their sins by fasting, they would all be cured.

  • Date created - 1832
  • Author - Printers to King William IV
<p>This a copy of the proclamation (public announcement) issued by King William IV, in which he calls for all people in England and Ireland to take part in a fast. In the nineteenth century many people believed that disease was a punishment sent by God, and that if they repented (apologised) their sins by fasting, they would all be cured.</p>
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