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Proclamation By The Governor

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
January
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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ExECUTivE Office, DSTBOIT, J;m. 9, 1873. To the Pcoiplc of lk United States : Early in Ootobcr last, foaiful and unprocedouted fires. swept over largo and thrifty portions of Michigan, reodering Bcveral thouandsof our people homeloss, and dopriving many ol' thoir entiru earthTy possessions. Jtosponsivo ta tUc appeal of the Kxecutive, and of the State Belief Committeer, prompt aad liberal donatious of money, tivid and tlutbiug, eaine fi-ora the citizens ot' our own State, froia almost uvery aection of our commou coAintiy, irom tlio teighboring prori))ca ot Qut;irio, and iroiu boyond the Atlantic. ïo tho rich and poor alike we are indubtcd for the warinost expressions of synpathy and tho most genereus material uid. So tinicly and bountifully has tho reief buon extended, that no further causo ex sts for anxicty lest suffering prevail iu ;hese aectioas during the wiuter that is qow upon us. The contributions receirod have been and aro boiivg distributed by tho Staty ComniLtteus, tlivtaigh local conimittees and ageuts iu tha burnod districts, witb intogrity and good judgment. Some' time since, at tho request of the State Comiuittocs, I gave olJioial notice that tho clolhing then on hand aud in transit would bo sufRcieut for tine sufftïcrs by i Ure in this State. Believing that t'ue people of üichisaii are unwilling to tax tliu geiïerosity of the public ono moment longer than necessity domands, I uow tako pleasure iu aunounciag that i'urther contributions of monetf are unnucosSüry. In makig tbis announoement to. the people of the United Stiltes, I deern Lt my duty to remind the people of M'ehigan that, although all iears of present ButForiug have beon allayed, it may horouftur bfcome nocssary to appoal to the iuoro highly favored uf our owii citizoi: for fiuther contributions for tho sick and deatitttte amoiig the sufforers by the late firos. It affords ma the greatest pleusure to tondyr tho herty thaaka of the wholu people of Michigan to those whoso oarnest sympathy and liberal aid have bo greatly a leviated the suffering of 80 many oi' our citizens.

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