(PRESIDENTS 1798) John Adams By the President of the United

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THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION (PRESIDENTS--1798.) John Adams. By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Letterpress broadside, 16 x 13 1/4 inches, illustrated with a printed national seal and signed in type by President Adams and Secretary of State Pickering; about an inch of restoration in upper corners, folds, light seal stain, partially addressed on verso but not mailed. [Philadelphia], 23 March 1798

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The first of two Thanksgiving proclamations issued by President Adams. "As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God. . . . And as the United States of America are, at present, placed in a hazardous and afflictive situation, by the unfriendly Disposition, Conduct and Demands of a foreign power. . . . I do hereby recommend, that Wednesday the Ninth Day of May next be observed throughout the United States, as a day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer." Evans 34797. No other examples traced at auction since 1937.