[919] See Foster, “Andrew Johnson,” pp. 199, 210, 214, 220, 250.
[920] The 22d of May was the date when the Confederate state government ceased to exist.
[921] Garrett, p. 735, says Aug. 30 and Sept. 12. The convention met on Sept. 12.
[922] Parsons’s Proclamation, July 20 (or 22), 1865; in N. Y. Herald, July 26 and Aug. 11, 1865; Garrett, p. 735; McPherson, p. 21.
[923] Parsons’s Message to Convention, Sept. 21, 1865; Proclamation, July 20, 1865; in N. Y. Herald, Aug. 11, 1865.
[924] Huntsville Advocate, Aug. 17, 1865.
[925] See McCulloch, p. 517 and passim; N. Y. Tribune, May 4, 1866; Mobile Times, April 25, 1866.
[926] N. Y. Herald, Sept. 3, 1865.
[927] Testimony of M. J. Saffold, Report of Joint Committee, 1866, Pt. III, pp. 59-63.
[928] Ho. Ex. Doc., No. 16, 40th Cong., 2d Sess.