Thanksgiving Day was celebrated across the country with many sermons in the church services that day reflecting on the current dire political situation. For example, in Philadelphia at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church on New Street the Reverend E.W. Hutter preached on "The Blessings of the Union." In New York City, summer-like weather encouraged many givers to visit the charitable institutions in the metropolis. (By John Osborne)
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Thomas Scharf and Thompson Wescott, History of Philadelphia 1609-1884, in three volumes (Philadelphia, PA: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884), 1: 738
"Thanksgiving at the Charitable Institutions," New York Times, November 30, 1860.
"Thanksgiving at the Charitable Institutions," New York Times, November 30, 1860.
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Religion/Philosophy