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title: 'October 25, 1880 Letter to President James A. Garfield'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Alexander McLeod Milligan'
date: 1885-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Correspondence'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 5'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/milligan-1885-october-25-1880-letter-to-president-james-a-garfield
---

# October 25, 1880 Letter to President James A. Garfield

Memorial excerpt: Rev. A.M. Milligan's 1880 letter urging Garfield to invoke God's name in the presidential oath, recounting inaugurations from Washington to Hayes and Garfield's reply.

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