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State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB,
GOVERNOR
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|IN accordance with an ancient custom, to appoint
gº annually, in the springtime, a day upon which all
people may unitedly seek the favor of God, in the occasions
of the ensuing year, and to select for that purpose the
Christian Holy Day, Good Friday,
I hereby designate Friday, April the second, as a day of
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I request that on that day all the people of this State,
whatever be their creed or belief, laying aside their usual
avocations, humbly bow before the throne of God, in
recognition of all His mercy to them and their own
undeserving; in thankfulness of heart that He has spared
this Nation the dread scourge of war; in earnest supplication
for patience, wisdom and courage, that so peace may abide
with us; and in sincere prayer for an early cessation of the
bloody strife which is rending the nations of the Old World.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford,
this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine
hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States
the one hundred and thirty-ninth.
By His Excellency's Command:
CHARLES D. BURNES,
Secretary.
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB.





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