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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMfCK, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938 i. i in ' '■» ■■ ' , ■ ■ ■■■■■ i The Story of Thanksgiving Day Told in Pictures and Documents By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (B Western Newspaper Union. T hanksgiving Day — One of the four distinc tively American holidays has had along and interest ing history. It was started by English colonists in America as a feast day to enjoy a bounte ous harvest after a year of hardship and famine. Later it became a day of public thanksgiving and prayer by the citizens of the United States after they real ized that their new nation had passed safely through a great crisis. Again it was celebrated in that spirit when they saw that their country had been pre served from disunion and destruction. Pictured here, in portraits and authentic reproductions of documents, is a part of the story of Thanksgiving Day. Among those who enjoyed the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving cel ebration was Chief Massasoit of the Wampanoag Indians, who re mained a firm friend of the col onists until his death in 1662. This statue of the chief by Cyrus Dal- lin stands in Plymouth, not far from the scene where “King Mas- sasoyt with some ninetie men” were “entertained and feasted for three dayes.” The First Thanksgiving—From the painting by J. L. G. Ferris, famous painter of American historical scenes, in Independence Hall, Philadelphia. yiewjf ftJk jxtaLs, dec** j*, * zcz* a~4: A. - ^ ■~ 77 ~-- —— T<-r -r^y- deans’ dCtU dm*, jtihddt ddd&-Jrtu*j1C dtCZXd- / 4* «£>/t<SZZ£d». f'zcr-JZpca yff*%ntd si ft**. /dddmttAf a AsJSnt — •Afd'df a*0 mdAyGetf t^dddUdl JOCcy£dd*d^L £lS*ySpS??Zrd*d ^tdtAd&did*, Ar/ZtS Ar^dddddtddd! di* dXi ddM*/^£dit' s/^Ad-. 4LtZ~‘dUu — ^ ABrfddddAdttfMd. ^fcipduA&r, dtAdddt. Add^ dCAd^TAd^dX *+ ddpddp£2 — JIB yUdddA*/*. 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After a mysterious disappearance of more than 100 years, the original draft of this proclamation was found by Dr. J. C. Fitzpatrick, chief of the manu script division of the Library of Congress, in a New York auction room. It was purchased for $300 and is now treasured in the national archives. 61 NEW-ENGLAND.&c. them intheb1o(Tome; ourharvcA being gotten in,our Go- vernour lent foure men oh fowling, that fo we might after a more ipeciall manner rcioycc together, after we had ga thered the fruit of our laboura) they foure in one day killed as much fowle, as with a littlehdpe belidc, fetved the Com pany almoft aweeke, at which timeamongfl other Recrea tions, we exercifed our Armcs. many of the IridtAm coming among it v*, and amongrt thcreft their greateft King/W^.i- f»U, with fome ninrie men,whom for three dayes we enter tained and fealted and they went out and k lied hue Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and bellowed on our Govcrnour.andvpon the Captainc, anthothers. And al- thoeg'n it be not alwayetfo plentifull, as it yvasat this time withvs,yctby thegoodnellc of God, we are fofarre from wantjthatwc often wilhyou partakers of ourplentie. Wee haue found the Indiw very iaithfull in their Covenant of Peace withvs jvery fmiingand readic to pleafurc vs: we of- ren goetothem.andtheyeomctovsj fomeofvshaue bin fi tie mylcs by Land in the Country with thetrtsthcQccanons snd Relations whercof.you (lull vndeftand by our geiierall and more full Declaration of foch things as are worth the noting,yea, it hath pleated God .fo to poifcirc the /*<&<«?/ with a feare of rs,and loue vnto vs,that not onely tbegrea- tcfl King imongfi them called (JWejptfejt, but aflb alT the Princes and peoples round about vs, haue cither madefute vnrovs,or beenegladof any occafjon to make peace with vs, fo that (eauen of them at once haue fent their meifen gets to vs to that end, yea.an Fl«atfea,which we neuer law hath aHotogether with theformcr yeelded willingly to be vnder the proteAion,andfwbteAs to our foucraigne Lord King I a nr s.fb that there is now great peace amongft the/«&«'* themfelues, which was nor formerly , neither w ouldhane bin butforvs tand we for our parts walke as peaceably and fafety in the wood, as in the hie w ay «in we enter- taine them familiarly m ourhourcs,and they as friendly be- fiowing their Vcnifon on vs. They are a people without any Religion* or knowledge of any God, yet very truftie, K 3 quicke A page from the book “A Relation or Jovrnall of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plimouth in New Eng land,” containing the only known contemporary description of the first Thanksgiving, celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621. This book, known to scholars as “Mourt’s Relation,” was printed for John Bellamie “at the sign of the Two Greyhounds in Cornhill near the Roy all Exchange” in London, in 1622. The “G. Mourt,” who received the correspondence from the Pilgrims and published them in this book, is supposed to have been a certain George Morton and the letter which describes the first Thanksgiving is usually credited to Edward Winslow. His journal of the experiences of the Pilgrims during their first years in the New World has been called “one of the most charming of the early colonial records.” (From the original in the Clements library, University of Michigan.) Edward Winslow wrote the first (and possibly the only) contem porary account of the first Thanksgiving celebration by the Pilgrims. It was published in “Mourt’s Relation” in London in 1622. It described the celebra tion thus: “Our harvest being gotten in, our Gouvenour sent foure men on fowling, that so we might after a more speciall man ner rejouce together, after we had gathered the fruit of our la bours ; they foure in one day killed as much fowle, as with a little help besides, served the Compdny almost a week, at which time amongst other Recre ations, we exercised our Armes, many of the Indians coming amonst us, and amongst the rest their greatest King Massasoyt, with some ninetie men, whom for three dayes we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five Deere, which they brought to the Plantation and be stowed on our Gouvernour, and upon the Captaine, and others.” (This portrait of Winslow is from a miniature painted in 1651 and attributed to Robert Walker. It is said to be the only Pilgrim portrait that is authentic.) {/nufitl Staled. of/mlAm Hi,Jutsmufmftrm tfiv 25. SZJyUTiTxl. IJXJ. ^ill. mnl HB..1X / ^^iJXx XXXxJmJt.-X » x^tlm llnx/tl. llitix, X^tllilttXCd* M. C.ll. }\ljs mfttA, f/'J. timt /at dfidtdf'jf- fc**•**£“ d^t/id (CdxCt:/. ifale* • •Hid '/•~[/^,^td^ d^ ffadt midf^ •Ajt% # /• •/»&• ^•m/rn^af ^d*lJ% # V^»» #W0«^r Ad*<4/ jmant *y»*/*^~ fy? „ ■mJ’tj m..l? Cffim/. Out ZUdl mlt. &•****£, ~.-c£i/..xt.f 7£:. 3&.~xa This resolution, offered by Eli as Boudinot, a member of con gress from New Jersey, on Sep tember 25, 1789, provided for a joint committee of the house and senate to call upon President Washington and ask him to pro claim “a day of public thanks giving and prayer.” The next day the senate adopted the resolution and appointed Senators William Samuel Johnson of Connecticut and Ralph Izard of South Caro lina as senate members of the committee. They, with the house members—Representatives Bou dinot, Roger Sherman of Con r necticut and Peter Silvester of New York—“waited on the Presi dent” and on October 3, George Washington issued the proclama tion in which he recommended that Thursday, November 26, be observed by the people of the United States as a day of Thanks giving. • • • Much of the credit for estab lishing Thanksgiving day as a national holiday on the last Thursday in November belongs to Sara Josepha Hale, editor of the famous magazine, Godey’s Lady’s Book. In 1846 she began a campaign through the editorial columns of her magazine to hold such a nation-wide celebration on that date each year. She wrote letters to the governors of all the states and territories in support of the idea and by 1849 most states and territories were hold ing individual Thanksgiving fes tivals but no attempt was made to coincide the dates. Then she started besieging the Presidents. 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