Governor's Proclamation of Thanksgiving Day, 1873
By John J. Bagley
To the People of the State of Michigan, Greeting:— In observance of a time-honored custom, and in conformity with the proclamation of the President, I hereby appoint Thursday, the 27th day of November, 1873, as a day of public Thanksgiving. Let us on that day, in our respective places of public worship, and in our homes, remember with gratitude, that all our blessings are the gift of God. Our misfortunes only are our own. Let us by acts of charity to his suffering children at home and in sister States, show that our gratitude is of the heart, earnest and sincere. “Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.” Given under my hand, and the great seal of the State, at Lansing, this first day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-eighth. John J. Bagley. By the Governor:
Daniel Striker,
Secretary of State.