Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Petitions re: separation of church and state in Memphis, Tenn. [decimalized]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04813 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1864/03/04-18 Pagination: 4 items Order a Copy
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.
Notes: Basler 7:23. Basler obtained the text from Nicolay and did not have access to the petition. For an early statement on churches in occupied areas, see GLC 5508.008, Abraham Lincoln to Edwin Stanton dated 29 September 1862.
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