Thanksgiving proclamation, by his Excellency Henry M. Mathews, Governor.

Creator Personal:

Mathews, Henry Mason, 1834-1884.

Creator Corporate Names:

West Virginia. Governor (1877-1881 : Mathews)

Title:

Thanksgiving proclamation, by his Excellency Henry M. Mathews, Governor.

Call Number:

P6174

Date:

1879

Description:

Leaflet. At head of title: State of West Virginia. "Executive Department, Wheeling, November 14, 1879. I, Henry M. Mathews, Governor of the State of West Virginia, do hereby appoint Thursday, November 27th, 1879, as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, and request that it be properly observed by the people of the State. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the State to be affixed at Wheeling, this fourteenth day of November, 1879, and of the State the seventeenth." Signed: Henry M. Mathews. "By the Governor, Ran. Stalnaker, Jr., Private Secretary."

Subject Topical:

Thanksgiving day proclamations--1879 Nov. 14.