NEVADA TERRITORY: THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BROADSIDE.


NYE, JAMES W, Territorial Governor. Thanksgiving Proclamation. Carson City, Nevada Territory: Executive Department, November 17, 1863. Printed broadside, 330 x 395 mm. Leaf laid down to second sheet. Some toning and thumbsoiling, separated at center vertical fold, with tape repair on verso.Issued in accordance with Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving proclamation, Governor Nye also declares a day to celebrate the bounty of the past year, which includes a good harvest of crops and minerals, and the tremendous progress the territory has made. He also mentions the government and military, and that "how unspeakably thankful ought we to be that the power of the traitor is broken, that the want of usurper is powerless against the eagle eye of Liberty." Interestingly, Samuel Clemens' brother Orion signs in type as Secretary of the Nevada Territory.