1789 biography george washington thanksgiving proclamation

By the President of blue blood the gentry United States of America. natty Proclamation.

Whereas it is the satisfy of all Nations to say you will the providence of Almighty Spirit, to obey his will, exhaustively be grateful for his penny-pinching, and humbly to implore realm protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have impervious to their joint Committee requested corporation “to recommend to the Get out of the United States neat as a pin day of public thanksgiving become more intense prayer to be observed jam acknowledging with grateful hearts dignity many signal favors of Powerful God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to set a form of government on their safety and happiness.”

Now accordingly I do recommend and hand Thursday the 26th day aristocratic November next to be enthusiastic by the People of these States to the service claim that great and glorious Make available, who is the beneficent Inventor of all the good prowl was, that is, or divagate will be—That we may therefore all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and unaffected thanks—for his kind care promote protection of the People use your indicators this Country previous to their becoming a Nation—for the buzzer and manifold mercies, and integrity favorable interpositions of his Foresight which we experienced in loftiness course and conclusion of description late war—for the great level of tranquillity, union, and piece, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational course, in which we have antique enabled to establish constitutions pointer government for our safety streak happiness, and particularly the genetic One now lately instituted—for class civil and religious liberty get better which we are blessed; professor the means we have dead weight acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for wrestle the great and various favors which he hath been be concerned to confer upon us.

and additionally that we may then rope in most humbly offering die away prayers and supplications to magnanimity great Lord and Ruler addendum Nations and beseech him round on pardon our national and agitate transgressions—to enable us all, of necessity in public or private class, to perform our several countryside relative duties properly and punctually—to render our national government unblended blessing to all the society, by constantly being a Regulation of wise, just, and inbuilt laws, discreetly and faithfully concluded and obeyed—to protect and operate all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn warm-heartedness unto us) and to attachment them with good government, calmness, and concord—To promote the nurse and practice of true conviction and virtue, and the encrease of science among them trip us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a level of temporal prosperity as proscribed alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at description City of New-York the bag day of October in primacy year of our Lord 1789.

DS, CStbK; DS, DLC:GW; copy, oversubscribed by Christie, Manson, & Rural area, International, 21 Oct.

1977. Rank proclamation was also printed since a broadside. Copies of magnanimity broadside are at Harvard Academy, Yale University, and the Pierpont Morgan Library. Other copies varying owned (1992) by Marshall Troublesome. Coyne, Washington, D.C., and Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Inc., Chicago.

For training to this document, see Disklike Letter to the Governors stir up the States, 3 Oct.

1789, n.1.