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On the recordOctober 31, 1880
Health, wealth, and prosperity throughout all our borders; peace, honor, and friendship with all the world; firm and faithful adherence by the great body of our population to the principles of liberty and justice which have made our greatness as a nation, and to the wise institutions and strong frame of government and society which will perpetuate it--for all these let the thanks of a happy and united people, as with one voice, ascend in devout homage to the Giver of All Good.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio
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Proclamation 247—Thanksgiving Day, 1880

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