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St. Mary's gazette March 14, 1867 Image 2.

St. Mary's Gazette stated that Freedmen in Alexandria believed they were entitled to vote in the prior election on March 5, 1867.

15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Text of the Fifteenth Amendment through the Congressional Globe and related resources through the Library of Congress.

The daily phoenix. [volume], March 20, 1867, Image 1

The Daily Phoenix stated news about the March 5th Alexandria election. The newspaper conveyed information from other states and cities that supported…

The evening telegraph. [volume], March 06, 1867, FOURTH EDITION, Image 1

Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont supported Freedmen in Alexandria's right to vote in the election.

The evening telegraph. March 09, 1867, FOURTH EDITION, Page 2, Image 2

President Johnson disregarded the Reconstruction Acts The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph stated that it was insoluble defiance of the law that…

The evening telegraph. [volume], March 05, 1867, FOURTH EDITION, Image 1

The Evening Telegraph stated that military troops would be brought into Alexandria to restore order after votes from undemocratically not included in…

Paul H. Bergeron. Editor.  From Francis H. Pierpont to President Andrew Johnson. Papers of Andrew Johnson. Volume 12, February-March 1867.  March 8, 1867. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. 1995.; Schofield, John M. Annual Report of Brevet Major General J. M. Schofield, U. S. A., Commanding First Military District. 1866-1867.  October 5, 1867. Pamphlet. From Library of Congress. The John M. Schofield Papers, 1863-1891, Diaries And Journals Box 86. Reconstruction in Virginia: Correspondence and Memoranda. Division of Manuscripts. Library of Congress, Washington D.C
The Freedmen's Convention from The New Era (Fredericksburg, Virginia). August 18, 1865.
The Late Convention of Colored Men; Address to the Loyal Citizens of the United States and To Congress.” The New York Times. August 13, 1865.

Freedmen in Alexandria, VA published an article in the New York Times advocating for suffrage.

The Debates and proceedings of the Constitutional convention of the state of Virginia,
assembled at the city of Richmond, tuesday, December 3, 1867: beign a full and complete report of the debates and proceedings of the convention, together with the reconstruction acts of Congress and those supplementary thereto, the order of the commander of the First military district assembling the convention, and the new constitution.
Official: W. H. Samuel, phonographic reporter

An account of the Virginia Constitutional Convention along with records of Virginia as the first military district.

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