December 6, 1865

​Wednesday, December 6, 1865
Quilted all day and got it off with Emma’s help.  Eli gone home to keep Thanksgiving.  I am doing nothing for it.
*After Lincoln’s death in 1865, Andrew Johnson’s first Thanksgiving proclamation designated the first Thursday in December as a national day of thanksgiving. But for the remainder of his Presidency, he chose the last Thursday in November to celebrate.