From the Continental (actually, Confederation) Congress' discussion of declaring a day of thanksgiving in 1782:
Elias Boudinot was a delegate from New Jersey; Roger Sherman was a delegate from Connecticut.
Roger Sherman naturally associated giving of thanks to the Biblical accounts of the celebrations of thanksgiving at the original dedication of the Temple.
Chanukah means "dedication" - celebrating the re-dedication of the Temple.
(From NYT quoting Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik, new rabbi of New York synagogue Shearith Israel, which was founded in 1654.)
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