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First post-Civil War Thanksgiving Proclamation...  Steamer St. John disaster....
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First post-Civil War Thanksgiving Proclamation... Steamer St. John disaster....

Item # 704451 ·
THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 30, 1865

* President Andrew Johnson
* Thanksgiving proclamation 147
* 1st after the end of the Civil War


 Page 5 has coverage of the noteworthy/historic Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson. The article is headed L"Thanksgiving For Peace" "Appointment of the First Thursday in December as a Day of National Thanksgiving" followed by rthe full test of the "Proclamation" signed in type by the President: Andrew Johnson.
The front page has an article headed: "APPALLING DISASTER" "Boiler Explosion on Board the Albany Steamer St. John" "Ten Persons Killed & Seventeen Scalded and Wounded" "Harrowing Scenes Among the Dying and the Dead" with more.
Eight pages, various stains & irregular at the blank spine.
Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$57
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.