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PROCLAMATION S. Nos. 7, 8. 837 No. 7. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. N0V¤¤1b¤1' 7, IW- A PROCLAMATION. · The season is nigh when it is the yearly wont of this People to observe Preamble. a day appointed for that purpose by the President, as an especial occasion for thanksgiving unto God. Now thereiore in recognition of this hallowed custom, I, Chester A. Nov. 27, 1884, Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby designate as such g°*”8¥‘!,E;d :*2 ' day of general thanksgiving, Thursday the twentyseventh day of this ,,3 ° °‘° mv' present N ovembcr. ` And I do recommend that throughout the land, the People ceasing from their accustomed occupations, do then keep holiday at their several homes and their several places of worship, and with heart and voice pay reverent acknowledgement to the Giver of all Good for the countless blessings wherewith He hath visited this nation. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington this seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and ninth. [san.] CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the President, Fnmnk. T. Fannmenursnn, Secretary of State. No. 8. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. January 31, 1885. A PBOCLAMATION. Whereas the Treaty concluded between the United States of America Preambleand Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, concluded at Washington on the 8th day of May 1871, contains among other Articles the following, viz: “ABTIGLE XVIII. “It is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that, in addition to Rccitingartioles the liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the Convention g•ég·§g·` lfé??,, between the United States and Great Britain, signed at Loudon on the mgm} gf}; dm, 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain gm.,;,., M . y g, coasts of the British North American Colonies therein detincd, the in- 1871, relating to bnbitants of the United States shall have in common with the subjects **8**** °’ _of Her Britannia Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned v01_ 8_`p_w_