THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 5, 1863  The ftpg. is mostsly taken up with events surround the Civil War. Included as well is: "A Proclamation by President Lincoln" for setting aside a day of thanksgiving. This was the very first "official" national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, issued by Lincoln as a result of recent editorials by Sarah J. Hale for Godey's Lady Book and the Boston Lady's Magazine in 1863. Thanksgiving was proclaimed by every president after Lincoln. The date was changed a couple of times, most recently by Franklin Roosevelt in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season.
The Proclamation is identical to the text found on several Thanksgiving websites, and includes:
"...They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who...has...remembered mercy...set apart & observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving & prayer and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens...and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty hand to heal the wounds of the nation..." signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Complete in 8 pages, very nice, clean condition.