Sarah J. Hale To Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 28, 1863 (Thanksgiving) – Vintage Print
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Sarah J. Hale To Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 28, 1863 (Thanksgiving)
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Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of Godey's Lady's Book, wrote to Abraham Lincoln in 1863 urging him to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, a campaign she had been pursuing for years through her magazine and private letters. The letter stands out because it reaches the president directly, at a moment when the country was torn by civil war and a shared day of gratitude seemed a way to bind the nation together. Lincoln's later proclamation of a national day of thanksgiving, issued that October, drew on her persistence, and the exchange shows how a magazine editor could shape public custom in the nineteenth century.
| Created / published | c. 1863 |
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| Notes | Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. Transcribed and Annotated by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College. Galesburg, Illinois. 2nd image shows cover of Godey's Lady's Books, c. 1867 |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 2,700 × 3,368 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1863 sarah hale 1 |
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