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Tayloe Family Papers, Accession 38-62-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
This item was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on April 22, 1997.
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
This collection consists of a four page (with an attached note) autograph letter, September 15, 1865, from Edward Thornton Tayloe (1803-1876) to the Governor of Virginia , Francis Harrison Pierpont , regarding the U.S. Constitution and qualifications for election to Congress. Also attached is a news clipping dated October 3, [1865], where Tayloe has withdrawn his candidacy in the race for the 1st congressional District seat due to the requirement of the Test Oath by Congress.