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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMfCK, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938
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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.
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The first Presidential Thanksgiving proclamation (which was also
the first Presidential proclamation of any kind) in the history of the
United States was issued in 1789. It was written by William Jackson,
President Washington’s secretary, and signed by Washington. 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.
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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,
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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.)
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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.
Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan
all turned a deaf ear to her pleas.
But she persisted and she won
her victory finally in 1863 when
Abraham Lincoln issued a proc
lamation that said “And so . . .
the last Thursday in November is
hereby set apart as a day of
thanksgiving and praise.” The
next year he issued a similar
proclamation and since that time
every President of the United
States has followed the precedent
he set.
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