41. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis to Lincoln on Southern sympathizer Samuel B. McPheeters

41. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis to Lincoln on Southern sympathizer Samuel B. McPheeters

Telegram from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln informing him that his Provost Marshall General, Col. Frank A. Dick, has temporarily withdrawn an order banishing prominent St. Louis minister Samuel B. McPheeters for suspected Southern loyalties. December 27, 1862. McPheeters had traveled to Washington and met with Lincoln to assert his loyalty to the Union, prompting a request by Lincoln to suspend the judgement. Copy of original.

1862-12-27

Becki Plunkett and Stephen Vincent

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Original scanned at 600 dpi w/ sRGB color space.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines

Special Collections: Samuel R. Curtis Papers

11/12/2008

Dec[.] 27th 1862 A Lincoln, Pres[ident], Washington D.C. Col. [Franklin A. ] Dick will suspend the order "omiting" [Rev. Samuel B.] McPheeters for ten days more. S[.] R[.] Curtis[,] Maj[.] Gen?