Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — Washington’s Proclamation. [ARTICLE]

Washington’s Proclamation.

The first Thanksgiving day proclamation ever issued by a president was signed by George Washington in 1789. The original is said to be in the possession of Rev. J. W. Wellman, who inherited it from Mb grandfather, William Ripley of Cornish, N. H. This proclamation was issued by request of ■both houses of congress through tl|eir joint committee, v