PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT.
To the President of the United States of
America.
The undersigned, citizens of Portage Co Ohio
respectfully petition that, in the exercise of your
powers as Chief Magistrate, and as "Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of the United States, when called into the
actual service of the United States"--you will call
upon all the inhabitants of the United States, of all
conditions, bond and free, to aid in supporting the
Government, assured of its protection, under the flag of
national Union and freedom.--and proclaim "liberty
throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants
thereof."
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Peter Hartzell J. M. McGovern E. B. Hubbard Lazarus Hutson Adam McGown William Atkinson Caleb Steet John Schaeffer J. B. Mowen Leroy Kibles A. J. Slack J. C. Bryan S. G. Taylor W. N. Taylor Th. Hayner C. F. Boyes |
D. Koons Thomas Clark William Schooley Philip Mertz Jacob Shively H. E. Day N. D. White L. M. Day Joseph Pickering John Allenton J. W. Gillingham John Baker Joseph Haines L. W. Butler William Smith Charles M. Smith |
Henry C. Steel Wm Celevley H. C. Mowen R. McCowen R. M. Day Robert Costley Wm Hagley John Hagley Walter Notman George Notman John Barnes Abraham Hartzel William Pickering John Asprey John D. Wilson |
1862 Petition of Peter Hartzel and 46 other citizens of Portage Co. Ohio
Note: Many of the signers were residents of Deerfield. The ringing phrase "to proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof" comes from the Old Testament; it is also inscribed on the Liberty Bell.
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Detail of petition to President Abraham Lincoln. Click on the image to view the entire petition at memory.loc.gov.