From Joseph A. Lewis to Jonathan B. Fuller

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Title: From Joseph A. Lewis to Jonathan B. Fuller
Creator: Joseph A. Lewis
Description: This letter, dated March 13, 1864, is from Joseph A. Lewis in Glasgow, Missouri to Rev. Jonathan B. Fuller in Louisiana, Missouri. Lewis asks Fuller to clarify some of the details of Order 61, which requires ministers to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. He expresses support for the order, declaring, "I can not, and will not, sit under the preaching of a disloyal man."
Date: March 13, 1864
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Joseph A. Lewis
Geographic Subject: Howard County, Missouri
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Kansas City
Location: Jonathan B. Fuller (1840?-1928) Papers (K0040): f.10, Item 3
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