William Sprague, Proclamation
1861-11-15
- Date of Creation
- November 15, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
- Document Genre
- Proclamation/Legislation
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG1-318 to MG1-319
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-023-0086
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210941
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Citation
William Sprague, Proclamation, 1861-11-15, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-023-0086 (November 13, 2026).
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
In accordance with the law and long established usage, I, WILLIAM SPRAGUE, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, do appoint THURSDAY,
Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God.
And I earnestly request all of the people of this State to abstain from their ordinary occupations on that day, and assemble in their respective places of worship, with a solemn sense of their duties and their privileges, to offer up unto Him a hearty tribute of gratitude and praise for the mercies and blessings of the past year; and with earnest prayer, ask that He may guide our troops to victory, deliver our country from all her enemies, and so direct the administration of our national affairs as to promote the best interests and happiness of our whole people.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the State, at Providence, this
{L. S.}
WILLIAM SPRAGUE.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR:
JOHN R. BARTLETT, Secretary of State.
Rhode Island
Proclamation