1) Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis. DS: [Memphis], [n.d.] Petition to Abraham Lincoln re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. 7 p. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state; and AES of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (18 March 1864) re: "no military necessity" for taking church into Union hands.
2) Chaplain Association of Memphis. DS: Memphis, 11 March 1864. Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. 9 p. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).
3) Citizens of Memphis. DS: Memphis, 14 March 1864. Petition to Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut re: defence of existing clergy. 3 p.
4) Hurlbut, Stephen A. ALS: Memphis, Tenn., to unidentified general. 15 March 1864. 1 p. re: postponing decision pending further investigation.
- GLC#
- GLC04813
- Type
- Header Record
- Date
- 1864/03/04-18
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- Petitions re: separation of church and state in Memphis, Tenn. [decimalized]
- Place Written
- Various Places
- Pagination
- 4 items
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
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