The question of Virginia's status in the Union
Subtitle: the territorial contest between the two Virginias : the commonwealth of Virginia vs. the state of West Virginia.
Contributors: United States. Supreme Court.; Virginia,; West Virginia,; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1867
Place of publication: [Virginia?
Language: eng
Subjects: Virginia -- Trials, litigation, etc.; West Virginia -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Virginia.; Legitimacy of governments -- Law and legislation -- Virginia.; West Virginia -- Politics and government.; Virginia -- Politics and government.
Other titles: Territorial contest between the two Virginias; Commonwealth of Virginia vs. the state of West Virginia; Supreme Court of the United States, Tuesday, May 7, 1867
Notes: Caption title
Article (newpaper clipping?) mounted on four pages, including initial mounted summary paragraph: "We have asked in vain what becomes of the State of West Virginia if Governor Pierpoint is not the legal Governor of Virginia. His signature validated the act giving the consent of the State to division. If he was not the bona fide Governor, what becomes of the act itself? If the Southern States are not States, how comes it that United States Courts are held in their midst and appeals taken thence to the Supreme Court?"
"Andrew Hunter and B.R. Curtis for Virginia; Stanton, Allison, and Reverdy Johnson for West Virginia"--Page [4].