United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Conscientious objectors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mary Bettle Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5029
Abstract
A pair of manuscript letters, each dated 4 October 1862, written to the Philadelphia Quaker Mary Bettle by two relatives, Sophia Jones and Elizabeth Williams. An enclosure in Jones's letter describes audiences of the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends with Salmon P. Chase, Edwin M. Stanton, and Lincoln, regarding exemption from the draft.
Dates:
4 October 1862