Item #40520 GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 67. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1869. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION IS PUBLISHED FOR INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT OF ALL CONCERNED: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Reconstruction.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 67. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1869. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION IS PUBLISHED FOR INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT OF ALL CONCERNED: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 67. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1869. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION IS PUBLISHED FOR INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT OF ALL CONCERNED: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 67. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1869. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION IS PUBLISHED FOR INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT OF ALL CONCERNED: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Washington: 1869. 5" x 7.25". 3, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued], folded. Signed in type by U.S. Grant. Persistent tiding. Good+.

This is President Grant's proclamation for a vote to be held in Mississippi on November 30, 1869 on the Constitution which was adopted by the Convention in Jackson on May 15, 1868. This early Reconstruction constitution abolished slavery, denied the right of secession, extended the suffrage to all males, barred many former Confederates from holding office, and prohibited discrimination against aliens in the right to hold property. Item #40520

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