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On the recordOctober 25, 1907
Once again the season of the year has come when, in accordance with the custom of our forefathers for generations past, the president appoints a day as the special occasion for all our people to give praise and thanksgiving to God.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 776—Thanksgiving Day, 1907

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