On the recordOctober 19, 1864
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow-citizens.
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Proclamation 118—Thanksgiving Day, 1864
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