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Sarah Hale’s letter of 28 September 1863 asking for a national Thanksgiving.

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28 Sep 1863

Hale’s letter to Lincoln. Sarah Hale’s letter of 28 September 1863 asking for a national Thanksgiving.

28 Sep 1863

Sarah Josepha Hale authored Hale’s letter to Lincoln.

Hale’s letter to Lincoln led to Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation.

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