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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

The Disfranchisement of Tennessee,, 1864

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes one copy of the anonymously published The Disfranchisement of Tennessee, a protest against Military Governor Andrew Johnson's 1864 electoral process that established extra voting standards. Johnson’s September 30, 1864 Proclamation scheduled voting for the 1864 election and required each voter to be an “active friend of the Government of the United States, and the enemy of the so-called Confederate States.” Johnson’s Proclamation...
Dates: 1864