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Show THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. The following is the proclamation of Governor Emery for Thanksgiving Day of this year: Utah Territory, Executive Office. Whereas, His Excellency R. B. Hayes, President, has by his proclamation, appointed Thursday, the 27th day of November, current, to be observed throughout the United States and Territories, as a day of national thanksgiving and praise: Now therefore, in accordance with said proclamation, and in accordance with our custom, I, George W. Emery, Governor of the Territory, do hereby designate the said 27th day of November to be observed by the people of this Territory as a day of public thanksgiving, I recommend to the people the observance of this day, in the usual manner; especially to refrain from secular labor; to meet in their accustomed places of worship, and there to offer praises to Him who has carried them through the vicissitudes of another year, and caused the earth to yield to them its fruits in sufficient abundance to supply their wants. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the Territory to be affixed. Done at Salt Lake City, this 27th day of November, A. D. 1879, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fourth. [Seal] Geo. W. Emery. By the Governor. Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of Utah Territory. |