Now, therefore, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, do appoint Thursday, the 28th day of November next, as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer.
Rutherford B. Hayes: “Now, therefore, I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, do appoint Thursday, the 28th day of November…”
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Proclamation 241—Thanksgiving Day, 1878
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