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POLK letters: October 2, 1862

1852,
Oct. 2

Five clergymen of the Diocese of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., to Brig. Gen.
Shepely, Military Governor, re: the special order concerning the omission of
the prayer for the President of the U.S.; a substitution for it with a prayer
for the President of the Confederate States; consenting to the omission but
rejecting the substitution as it conflicts with the canonical obligations. 2
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