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 664 rnocnnnmsxons. And whereas it is deemedproper that such recommendation be grought to the notice and knowledge of the people of the United tates: rutiansng me- Now, therefore, I, Unvssns S. GRANT, President of the United 1};*;‘;‘Lf;_g::‘:§’;S“ States, do hereby declare and make known the same, in the hope that {,,.1,,,,,,] ,,w.,,,l,“e€ the object of such resolution may meet the approvalof the people of of me pt-epic ofU1G United States, and that proper steps may be taken to carry the each county in the Same inn) gffpch U"‘°“· Given under my hand at the city of Washington, the twenty-nfth day [SEAL 1 of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ` and seventy-six, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundredth. - U. S. GRANT. By the President: HAM1m·oN Fish, Sccrelary of State. Nu. 5. June 26, 1876. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Preanihlo. The Centennial Anniversary of the day on which the people of the United States declared their right to a separate and equal station ninon g the Powers of the Earth seems to demand an exceptional o iscrvance. The founders of the Government at its birth and in its feebleness invoked the blessings and the protection of a Divine Providence, and the thirteen colonies and three millions of people have expanded into a nation of strength and numbers commanding the position which then was asserted and for which fervent prayers were then offered. It seems fitting that on the occurrence of the hundreth anniversary of our existence as a Nation a grateinl acknowledgment should be made to Almighty God for the protection and the bounties which Ho has vouchsafed to our beloved country. ions re¢¤>mnn·nded approaching Fourth day of July, in addition to the usual observances ?g_,(_‘*h °* ·’“‘b’» with which they are accustomed to greet the return of the day, further, ` " in such manner and at such time as in their respective localities and religious associations may be most convenient, to mark its recurrence by some public religious and devout thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessings which have been bestowed upon us  a Nation during phe century otgnur existence, and humbly to invoke a continuance of His aver and of . is protection. In wrtness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the nited States to be nnixed. Done at the city of Washington this twenty-sixth day of June, in the " year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy· [SEAL.] six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundredth. U. S. GRANT. By the President: Hnmrnron Frsn, Secretary of State.
 * ..;;g;,(,u, M.,-V- I therefore invite the good people of the United States on the