Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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[1] DS, DNA FS RG 11, Proclamations. On September 28, 1863, Sara Josepha Hale wrote Lincoln ``as Editress of the `Lady's Book,' to request a few minutes of your precious time, while laying before you a subject of deep interest . . . even to the President of our Republic. . . . This subject is to have the day of our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).

The original draft of this proclamation has not been located, but a letter from John G. Nicolay to John Hay from New York, April 1, 1864, relates that ``the Mss. of the President's Thanksgiving Proclamation, which was written by Seward and is in his handwriting'' had been sent by the State Department to Leavitt Hunt ``to be sold at the Fair.'' (DLC-Nicolay Papers).