We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been improved and strengthened; all sections of our common country have been brought together and knitted into closer bonds of national purpose and unity.
William McKinley: “We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been…”
On the recordOctober 27, 1898
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Proclamation 426—Thanksgiving Day, 1898
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