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Wayne, Henry C., fl. 1861 Orders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09147 Author/Creator: Wayne, Henry C., fl. 1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 June 1861 Pagination: 8 p. Order a Copy

About a Union rally by Baptists and Methodists. "The leaders of these two systems, are either designing demagogues, or ignorant enthusiasts...The President [Jefferson Davis] has proclaimed next Thursday as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, and the sects are getting up a Grant Union demonstration to be held in the State House...I have advised our people not to reply, but simply when do charged to ask for the prayers of the accuser that we may be enlightened as we are earnest seekers after truth..."

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