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[1] ADfS, DLC-RTL. Curtis' letter of December 29, 1862, introduced ``the bearer Geo. P. Strong . . . a leading and worthy member of the Union Element of Dr. McPheter's church. Your Telegraphic order suspending the Provost Marshalls was a surprise. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).
[2] Giles F. Filley, crockery merchant and stove manufacturer, and James E. Yeatman, banker, left St. Louis on December 30 to interview the president concerning the McPheeters affair and other problems of the state. (OR, I, XXII, I, 884). James O. Broadhead, a lawyer at St. Louis, was the third member who did not attend.