Thanksgiving - 1872

Bainbridge Republican, November 2, 1872

THANKSGIVING

 

By the President of the United States of America

A PROCLAMATION

 

Whereas, the revolution of another year has again brought the time when it is usual to look back upon the past and publicly thank the Almighty for her mercies and his blessings; and Whereas, If any one people has more occasion than another for such thankfulness, it is the people of the United States, whose government is their creature, subject to their behest; who have reserved to themselves ample civil and religious freedom and equality before the law; who, during the last twenty months, have enjoyed exemption from any grievous or general calamity, and to whom prosperity in agriculture, manufacture and commerce has been vouchsafed.

 

Therefore by those considerations, I recommend that on THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT, the people meet in their respective places of worship and there make their acknowledgments to God for his kindness and bounty.

 

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the United States to be affixed.  Done at the City of Washington, this eleventh day of October in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and in the ninety-seventh year of the independence of the United States.

 

Signed, U.S. Grant