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By his excellency John A. Andrew, governor: A proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and praise. : By and with the advice and consent of the Council, I appoint Thursday, the 7th day of December next, to be observed throughout this Commonwealth as a day of public thanksgiving and praise ... Given at the Council Chamber, in Boston, this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and the ninetieth of the Independence of the United States of America