The second Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia was Thomas Jefferson, who signed a Proclamation of Prayer, Nov. 11, 1779: “Congress … hath thought proper … to recommend to the several States … a day of public and solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God.
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… That He would … crown our arms with victory; That He would grant to His church, the plentiful effusions of Divine Grace, and pour out His Holy Spirit on all Ministers of the Gospel; That He would bless and prosper the means of education, and spread the light of Christian...
knowledge through the remotest corners of the earth. … I do therefore … issue this proclamation…appointing…a day of public and solemn thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God. … Given under by hand … this 11th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1779." Thomas Jefferson
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