Proclamation 426—Thanksgiving Day, 1898
10/27/1898
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The prophets of evil were not the builders of the Republic.
Considering it a matter entirely between that gentleman and his tenants, Messrs. Gardiner and Atkinson, I at that time r...
Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an e...