[Draft of a petition to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton concerning Shaker men serving in the military during the Civil War]. [1863].

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[Draft of a petition to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton concerning Shaker men serving in the military during the Civil War]. [1863].

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This manuscript is similar in wording and content to the draft of a petition to President Lincoln by Evans and Benjamin Gates concerning Shakers and military service. Attribution is based on these similarities. See White and Taylor, Shakerism: its meaning and message..., pages 182-183 (no. 266). See also ASC 1165.

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