[Draft of a petition to President Abraham Lincoln concerning Shaker men serving in the military during the Civil War]. [1863].

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[Draft of a petition to President Abraham Lincoln concerning Shaker men serving in the military during the Civil War]. [1863].

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A petition seeking exception from military service for male Shakers based on their religious beliefs. Attribution is based on the similarity of this manuscript draft in its wording and contents to the petition delivered to President Lincoln by Evans and Benjamin Gates in 1863. This petition is printed in White and Taylor, +--Shakerism: its meaning and message..., pages 182-183 (no. 266). It is discussed in chapter 10 of Andrews, The people called Shakers (nos. 491 and 492). See also ASC 1166.

7ℓ. ; 32-36 cm.

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