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October 26, 1781 Congressional Thanksgiving Proclamation (1781)

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Journal of Congress (Oct–Dec 1781) records a proclamation recommending Dec 13 as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, crediting Divine Providence for military success and union.
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John Witherspoon (1723 – 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and college presidentwho led the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University),

shaped its curriculum, and trained a generation of early American leaders in both faith and civic responsibility. A signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, he played a significant role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, bringing Reformed principles to the nation’s political and educational life.

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