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[for the Richmond Dispatch]
To the Editors of the Dispatch.--I have been told by a sincere Christian who lived near the parties, that. a young gentle man who was supporting his mother on a clerkship in Washington of $800, and who resided with his mother on a little farm on the Virginia side of the Potomac, was promoted to a $1,600 clerkship. He was told by a friend that he would have to take the Lincoln oath. he said he would not take the oath His friend asked him it he would stay it he was allowed not to take the oath. He replied that he would. His friend then said he would see the Secretary. His friend quickly returned and said to him, you will have to go, and do not go your usual route to your home in Virginia.
The Daily Dispatch: may 16, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 16, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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