At no recurrence of the season which the devout habit of a religious people has made the occasion for giving thanks to Almighty God and humbly invoking His continued favor has the material prosperity enjoyed by our whole country been more conspicuous, more manifold, or more universal.
Rutherford B. Hayes: “At no recurrence of the season which the devout habit of a religious people has made the occasion for giving thanks to…”
On the recordNovember 2, 1879
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Proclamation 244—Thanksgiving Day, 1879
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