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On the recordNovember 14, 1909
I hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of November, as a day of general thanksgiving, and I call upon the people on that day, laying aside their usual vocations, to repair to their churches and unite in appropriate services of praise and thanks to Almighty God.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation 883—Thanksgiving Day, 1909

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