“Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/de5j. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be

Source: W.B. Allen, ed., George Washington: A Collection (Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1988) 460-463. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives. Among the vicissitudes incident to life,