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State of Maine

By Nathan Cutler,

President of the Senate, exercising the Office of Governor.

A Proclamation

For a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise

The afflictive event, which has deprived the State of its lamented Chief Magistrate, having rendered it my duty to designate a day for the annual Solemnity to be observed at the present season, agreeably to the devout usuage [usage] of our ancestors; I do, with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint Thursday, the twenty sixth day of November next, a day of Thanksgiving and praise, for the mercies of the past year.

the ministers and people of every denomination are invited to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, to offer their united and grateful acknowledgements to Almighty God, for the continued health that has pervaded our land; the abundant harvest which has rewarded the labors of the husbandman; the uninterrupted peace and tranquility of our Nation: and the constant smiles of Divine Providence upon our domestic interests, our civil Institutions, and the general means of education and improvement.

white it is thus our favored lot to enjoy a continuance of those blessings which the day was principally designed to commemorate, may we be made sensible that they never afforded more reason for gratitude than at the present moment. And although events in common to ourselves with other portions of the commercial world, may have combined to enforce on us the obligations of Industry, Frugality and Circumspection, may our citizens remember to cherish and cultivate all the important virtues of a free and orderly community

Let us on the occasion, unitedly and earnestly commend to the Righteous Ruler of the Universe, the various interests and concerns of our State and country. Let us pray that we may be led as a people to obey his Government, and secure his protection, that our Rights, Institutions and Privileges may be preserved inviolate and unabused, so that we may execute the sacred trust committed to us by our Ancestors, and deliver our inheritance unimpared [unimpaired] to Prosperity; and that god would “revive his work” in our hearts, and accompany with His Power and Grace, the communications of His Divine Wisdom through Jesus Christ,