GRANT, Ulysses (1822-1885). Document signed (“U.S.Grant”) as President, Washington, 27 October 1874.
One page, 270 x 200mm, matted and framed with portrait of Grant (not examined out of frame).
President Grant proclaims Thanksgiving for 1874, ordering the Secretary of State "to affix the seal of the United States to a Proclamation appointing a day for a National Thanksgiving." George Washington first endorsed the Thanksgiving holiday on a national level in 1789. Beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1863, Presidents made annual proclamations for the holiday, until 1942 when Congress fixed the date of the holiday by federal law.
GRANT, Ulysses (1822-1885). Document signed (“U.S.Grant”) as President, Washington, 27 October 1874.
One page, 270 x 200mm, matted and framed with portrait of Grant (not examined out of frame).
President Grant proclaims Thanksgiving for 1874, ordering the Secretary of State "to affix the seal of the United States to a Proclamation appointing a day for a National Thanksgiving." George Washington first endorsed the Thanksgiving holiday on a national level in 1789. Beginning with Abraham Lincoln in 1863, Presidents made annual proclamations for the holiday, until 1942 when Congress fixed the date of the holiday by federal law.
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