Letter from Homer A. Johnson to Walter A. Stevens, 1868 August 4

Letter dated August 4, 1868 from Homer A. Johnson, Late Deputy for Illinois to Walter A. Stevens, Deputy for Illinois pertaining to the Frank J. Herron case which concerned a violation of the jurisdictional rights of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana. Johnson confirms that he did believe that Herron was a U.S. army officer when he granted a dispensation to receive the Scottish Rite degrees in the Chicago bodies. He furthermore includes a copy of the statement he had received from D. M. Carr, Comander in Chief, vouching for Herron. [If Herron had been an army officer, he would not be tied to the Southern Jurisdiction for residency.]