Eleven House Members signed a letter to the House Chaplain, Reverend Ralph Randolph Gurley, requesting that Reverend J. M. Allen preach in the Hall of the House. A Connecticut abolitionist and clergyman, Gurley was never ordained, although he preached as a Presbyterian while serving as the House Chaplain in the early and mid-19th century.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Letter to the House Chaplain,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2010/2010-016-009/ (January 27, 2021)
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