Abraham Lincoln actually said...

And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the Great Disposer of Events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony throughout the land.

Context

Proclamation 118—Thanksgiving Day, 1864

10/19/1864

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