Now, therefore, I, John Adams, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim the same accordingly.
[SEAL.]
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Philadelphia, the 24th day of December, A.D. 1799, and of the Independence of the United States the twenty-fourth.
JOHN ADAMS.
By the President:
TIMOTHY PICKERING,
Secretary of State.
[From the Daily National Intelligencer, December 15, 1860.]
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
A RECOMMENDATION.
WASHINGTON, December 14, 1860.
Numerous appeals have been made to me by pious and patriotic associations and citizens, in view of the present distracted and dangerous condition of our country, to recommend that a day be set apart for humiliation, fasting, and prayer throughout the Union.