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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.191 Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 14, 1860 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Morse encloses an extract about Roman Catholics from a New Orleans journal. The extract criticizes the Roman Catholic Church for issuing a document falsely purporting to be the voluntary sentiment of the laity and meant as a token of praise for a "foreign temporal sovereign."

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