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hProclamation by the President By the president of the United States ot AtttericK.A PROCLAMATION.AA CIt has pleased Almighty God to prolong i a9 a medy focuy, Land thour nutioual We another year, defending uswith His guardian core against unfriendly dedesigns from abroad, and vouchsafing us ift' llis luerey many and signnl victories over the ' ted bv -*• j enemy who is of our household It has also uate, 1 IS61*1 pleased Our ileaVonly Father to favor as well ihj^jn — | our citizens in their homes as our soldiers inL| their eaiups, and our sailers on the rivers and seas, with unusual health.I He lias largely augmented our ffee popfllu-! tion by emancipation and by imigrution, lEb-; w^ile He bar. opened to to r.cW resources of ini in i wealth, and lias crowned the labor of our itr.ore ■ workingman in every department of industryOI)S wbh *bundaut reward.i Moreover, He has beett pleased to animate^151). i • • • i t .flenyourscOct:waysg tobus-If youwho \ price.'and inspire our minds and hearts with forti-tude, courage and resolution sufficient for the great trial of civil War into which we have been brought by our adherence as a nation to the cause of freedom and humanity, and tosaffi-rd to us reasonable hopes of an ultimate ' * and happy deliverance from all ouof oroomThe* ccr-icads sus-firste theuppy deliverance from all our dangers an 1 afflictionsNow therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby np a • m % t • • v •wcalil nothin ly asmThe dino nutOct:Oct('on .j.ripti— — — , . . • ' v* * fhoncp: n ami set apart the last lhursdny in .No- | „t- tjiave ..nor next, as a day which 1 desire to beobserved by all my fellow-eitizens, wherever 1they may then be ; as a day of thanksgiving _ana praise to Almighty God, the beneficent [„ t/icCreator and Ruler of the L’uiverte.And J do further recommend to my fellow oitl citizens aforesaid tlmt on that oeeasiun they | the lt;i do reverently humble themselves in the dust. ! 4J,le«lt;t- J i iiiiil rtt and from thence offer tip penitent and fervent | ;JJ,Ug| . prayers and supplications to the (Leal Dis- j ,,^,1 c’a. posor of events for a return of the inestimable miles . * , blessings of Peace, Uniou and llarnuAy I1 i U » S *1... 1..... 1 ... 1....I. it tiAto nlhn^ik.t llim 'J its vas a shall it ice.bledhead ate flagi theif the ml of whouiou-DecenThe$121.0,throughout the land which it lias pleased Him ; to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves. ‘ f*.jur * and for our posterity throughout all generations.in testimony whereof I have hereunto sot iiiv hand, and caused the seal of the UnitedWStates to be affixed.Done at the city of Washington this 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and , of the independence of the United States the3 8 • i . • ,iciguty-iuutu.Abraham Lincoln.By the President :William II. Seward.Secretary of State.Oct:T(NCUMONfurthi!:IS foilGen. Banks to tiik Veteran Soldikks.—At the meeting of tlio Veteran Soldiers’ I iibm ■ 7r» -Jas.or.G.’f.
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Cumberland Civilian and Telegraph
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Thu, Oct 27, 1864
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