A few years back I posted a smaller photo of this Thanksgiving Day Proclamation from Idaho Governor Shoup to then future Governor Frank Steunenberg . It was photographed where it hung at the time on the wall in my parents home (Brenda Steunenberg Richards and John T. Richards Sr.).
The proclamation is in a frame so I can't get a very clear scan but have transcribed it this time around. You might notice a couple misspellings in my transcribed version. Those are as on the original (e.g. Gonernor versus Governor) and no promises that I haven't added a couple of my own. I have tried to approximate the spacing. At some point I will be removing the proclamation from the frame as it needs conservation work and re-framing. I will get a better scan when I do.
Shoup had served as territorial governor (1889-90), having been appointed by President Harrison. At the time this proclamation was issued, 11/12/1890, he was in his second month as the elected governor of the new State of Idaho. His tenure would be only three months, as Shoup resigned to run successfully for the U.S. Senate in Dec. 1890.
Frank Steunenberg was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1889 and a member of the House of Representatives in the 1st Idaho State Legislature from 1890 to 1893 (click the link to see a photo). He was elected governor in 1896, serving two terms 1897-1900 (two year terms at that time).
So now, a 123 years after this document was issued, I would like to proclaim a Happy 2013 Thanksgiving to you and yours.
With Regards,
John and family
State of Idaho
Thanksgiving Proclamation
By the Governor
WE have abundant cause to be grateful
for the many blessings vouchsafed to us since our last annual thanksgiving. During the year we have advanced from the
condition of territorial servitude to the full enjoyment of all the rights and privileges
of the citizens of any State. Our
material property has all advanced with equal step. All the sources of natural and artificial wealth with which our state
is blessed beyond many of our sisters have been developed in equal ratio. Many new and permanent homes have been
established. The area of
cultivated lands has greatly increased. The
soil in apparent rejoicing with us has produced more than its accustomed yield. Our mines have poured forth their hidden treasures
in great abundance, thereby amply rewarding those engaged in this industry. Our schools and churches have prospered in
unison with the gifts of Nature and the progress of our citizens. Peace,
harmony and good will prevail among all classes of our people. We
have been blessed with health and innumerable other great gifts and blessings.
Being the recipient of such bountiful
gifts, and in accordance with the Proclamation of the President of the United
States, I, George L. Shoup, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby designate
Thursday,
the 27th Day of November, instant,
as a day of Prayer and Thanksgiving to the Great Giver of
all that is good, and earnestly recommend that the people of the State
assemble at appropriate and convenient places and in becoming reverence and gratitude
give thanks and praise to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and supplicate a continuance
of His watchful care and protection for the coming year.
On the
day of festival and thanksgiving forget not the poor, the afflicted, and the
unfortunate. Your gifts and sympathetic words will dispel the chill of Autumn
and bring warmth and sunlight to their hearts and homes.
(SEAL OF THE Given under my hand and the Seal of the
State, at Boise
TERRITORY OF IDAHO) City, Idaho, this twelfth day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety.
George L. Shoup.
By the Gonernor:
A. J. Pinkham,
Secretary.
(Below handwritten)
To Hon. F. Steunenberg
With Compliments of
Geo L. Shoup
Governor
To Hon. F. Steunenberg
With Compliments of
Geo L. Shoup
Governor
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Other related posts and websites.
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| George L. Shoup (from Wikipedia) |
Constitution of the State of Idaho & the Act Providing for Admission of the State.
Prepared and published by A. J. Pinkham, Sec. of State.
Other Idaho Proclamations (ISHS Digital Collection).
Steunenberg (ISHS Digital Collection).
Monday, April 1, 2013
Cattle Rancher, Idaho Governor, and U. S. Senator George L. Shoup [otd 04/01]
(from Evan Filby over at South Fork Companion).
Shoup (ISHS Digital Collection).
George L. Shoup Statue.
Monday, October 26, 2009
A Lot of Turkeys at the Old Idaho Penitentiary
(well at least it's turkey related).
Whoops, I almost forgot my George L. Shoup medal.
Of course I have a much more prized Frank Steunenberg medal too.
Also see: National Capital Centennial - Program from 1900
Monday, February 14, 2011
COI Archives Spotlight #2 - 1/12/1890 original letter - Frank Steunenberg to family in Iowa
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