From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from West Virginia Governor John J. Jacob, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the state of West Virginia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Louisiana Governor William P. Kellogg, containing a proclamation that 25 November, 1875, will be Thanksgiving in the state of Louisiana.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from United States President Ulysses S. Grant to the people of the United States, proclaiming November 25th as the date of Thanksgiving in 1875. (Includes concurring proclamation from New Hampshire Governor Person Colby Cheney.)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from United States President Ulysses S. Grant to the people of the United States, proclaiming November 25th as the date of Thanksgiving in 1875. (Includes concurring proclamation from Iowa Governor Cyrus Clay Carpenter.)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, declaring a day of Thanksgiving on November 26.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Copy of a proclamation by Nebraska Governor Robert W. Furnas in Lincoln, Mississippi, declaring Thanksgiving on November 26.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William H. Garland to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, recommending Reverend William Hoover for Superintendent of Pike County, Mississippi, schools with a newspaper article attached.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Proclamation from James English, the Governor of Connecticut, appointing Friday April 7, 1871, to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Otho Naylor in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his business be waived.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter M. M. Keeth from the Decatur Baptist Church at Decatur, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to declare a day of fasting and prayer.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mattie Clayton Woodfin at Crawfordsville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the Governor order a three day fast to obtain God's help for a victory.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. D. Brown at New Prospect, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus declare a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel B. Carson, a Methodist minister in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Pettus declare a day of fasting each month.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Resolutions from New Hampshire Governor Ichabod Goodwin calling for a day of public fasting and prayer.
