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[1] New York Tribune, June 1, 1863. The members of the committee are not named, but are designated as ``originating in Dr. Cheever's church, and endorsed by such men as Horace Greeley, George Opdyke, William Cullen Bryant, and Daniel S. Dickinson.'' Reverened George B. Cheever was pastor of the Church of the Puritans. The committee is reported as requesting that Lincoln ``give a command to Gen. Fremont at some point where he can rally around him the colored men of the country.'' A three-page memorial dated May 28, 1863, presented by the committee and signed by Bryant, Greeley, Dickinson, and others, urged the assignment of Fremont to command 10,000 colored troops. (DLC-RTL). See Lincoln to Sumner, June 1, infra.