 In 1816, Governor Plumer of New Hampshire appointed Thursday, November 14 to be observed as a day of Public Thanksgiving and Governor Brooks of Massachusetts appointed Thursday, November 28 to be "observed throughout that State as a day of Thanksgiving".A thanksgiving day was annually appointed by the governor of New York from 1817.By 1858 proclamations appointing a day of thanksgiving were issued by the governors of 25 states and two territories.