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Introduction
In this letter to George Turner dealing with historical research that could be used by George Turner and Benjamin Hallett in the Luther case to fully explain the Dorrite position, Dorr references the Providence Gazette edited by John Carter during the Revolutionary era. As was the case throughout 1841-42, the Dorrites linked their ideology to their understanding of the doctrines of 1776. Dorr also makes references to the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Grier who he believes will in the end come around to the Dorrite position based on Grier’s relationship with justice Levi Woodbury of New Hampshire, an old ally of Dorr's. In the end Grier ruled against the Dorrites.