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Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis Petition to Abraham Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04813.01 Author/Creator: Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Document signed Date: Pagination: 7 p. ; 26.2 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. 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.

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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