Andrew Johnson actually said...

Resting and refraining from secular labors on that day, let us reverently and devoutly give thanks to our Heavenly Father for the mercies and blessings with which He has crowned the now closing year.

Context

Proclamation 169—Thanksgiving Day, 1867

10/25/1867

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