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The President's Hymn: Give Thanks, All Ye People
- Creator:
- A. D. F. Randolph
- Location:
- New York, New York
- Origin Date:
- 1863
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0041
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Sheet Music
Description
This is a piece of sheet music for the song, "The President's Hymn: Give Thanks, All Ye People." The piece is a single sheet of plain paper folded in half. The cover has the title printed on it followed by, "In Response to the Proclamation of the President of the United States, Recommending a General Thanksgiving, On November 26th, 1863. The music along with nine stanzas of lyrics are printed on the inside of the folded sheet. [3] p. For chorus (SATB). A metrical version of Lincoln's first Thanksgiving proclamation; music by William Augustus Muhlenberg. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.