States' Rights; Item 05-019: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 7 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Edited draft of a message to the Virginia Legislature following the war, advising the rapid election of local officers, once a loyalty oath had been administered and praising the mercy of the Union government; 6) Transcript exists, see 05-022 and 05-023; 7) Appears to have been torn from a bound volume, on Virginia Executive Department stationary, undated

States' Rights; Item 05-019: 1) Original; 2) No Title; 3) 7 leaves; 4) Complete; 5) Edited draft of a message to the Virginia Legislature following the war, advising the rapid election of local officers, once a loyalty oath had been administered and praising the mercy of the Union government; 6) Transcript exists, see 05-022 and 05-023; 7) Appears to have been torn from a bound volume, on Virginia Executive Department stationary, undated, Box: 5, Folder: 7. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/46133 Accessed May 05, 2024.