D. 1876, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundredth.
U.S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States was duly approved on the 13th day of March last, which
resolution is as follows:
_Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled_, That it be, and is
hereby, recommended by the Senate and House of Representatives to
the people of the several States that they assemble in their several
counties or towns on the approaching centennial anniversary of our
national independence, and that they cause to have delivered on such
day an historical sketch of said county or town from its formation,
and that a copy of said sketch may be filed, in print or manuscript,
in the clerk's office of said county, and an additional copy, in print
or manuscript, be filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress,
to the intent that a complete record may thus be obtained of the
progress of our institutions during the first centennial of their
existence.
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