Statistics for occurrence #1 of “the Rev. David W. Bacon” in article pos=57 of The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
... particular measure of compromise, is subscribed to by 2,500 signatures, collected in a very few days, and representing all shades of party feeling.
The names of eight influential clergymen, and of the Rev. David W. Bacon , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maine, are appended to the petition.
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