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On the recordOctober 31, 1888
I do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 29th day of November instant, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 285—Thanksgiving Day 1888

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