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A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents /
prepared under the direction of the Joint Committeee on Printing, of the House and Senate, pursuant to an act of the Fifty-second Congress of the United States (with additions and encyclopedic index by private enterprise) Volume V.

This specific record is volume V that details the Presidency of Andrew Johnson and the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau on March 3, 1865.…

Alexandria During the Civil War
The Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia
Discovering the Decades 1860s Alexandria.

Important events in Alexandria, VA history during the 1860s.

“Telegraph News: Special Dispatch To The Gazette From Washington: The Inauguration—President Grant’s Address—Vice President Colfax’s Speech.” Alexandria Gazette March 4, 1869.

The address by President Grant and Vice President Colfax on Freedmen suffrage.

Our Justification-Richmond Whig October 8, 1867.

Virginia Conservatives-former Whig and democratic party discuss how they could potentially manipulate Freedmen going into the Committee of Nine which…

The Political History of the United States During the Period of Reconstruction.

This is a record of Congress such as voting on the Thirteenth through Fifteenth amendments.

15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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

Liberty, and Equality Before The Law. : Proceedings of The Convention of The Colored People of VA., Held in The City of Alexandria, AUG. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1865.

Freedmen in Alexandria meet and demand the right to vote at the end of the United States Civil War.

Pamphlet.

Legislative Acts/Legal Proceedings within the Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser.

Four pages of the Richmond Whig from March 8, 1867.
The actions of Freedmen in Alexandria encouraged other former enslaved to vote in elections.…

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