Legal Document from Louisiana Governor William P. Kellogg; November 10, 1875

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Legal Document from Louisiana Governor William P. Kellogg; November 10, 1875

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Deslondes, Pierre George Kellogg, William Pitt, 1830-1918

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Legal Document from Louisiana Governor William P. Kellogg; November 10, 1875

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
New Orleans, November 10, 1875.

To the People of Louisiana:

The President of the United States, in accordance with time-honored custom, having appointed THURSDAY, the twenty-fifth of November, 1875, as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, it is hereby recommended to the people of this State that they observe the day designated in an appropriate and becoming manner. While we return grateful thanks for the many blessings bestowed upon us, remembering especially our immunity from pestilence and flood, and the beautiful crops with which Providence has crowned the industry of the laborer throughout the length and breadth of our State, and while from the prosperity thus vouchsafed to us we derive new hope and courage for the future, let us not forget to alleviate, as far as lies in our power, the sufferings of the poor within our midst.

[seal] STATE OF LOUISIANA [/seal]

Given under my hand and the seal of the State, this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and of the independence of the United States the one hundredth.

WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.

By the Governor:

P. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.