Petition of William Syphax; Confederate Newspaper; Alexandria Gazette; May 5, 1866
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Subject of Research
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Petition of William Syphax; Confederate Newspaper; Alexandria Gazette; May 5, 1866
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Story
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"In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Van Winkle presented six different remonstrances from citizens of Alexandria county against the passage of the bill retroceding that county to the District of Columbia. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Harris presented the petition of William Syphax, a former slave on the Arlington estate, asking Congress to confirm him in the possession of fifteen acres of land left to his mother by the late G. W. P. Custis. Referred to the Committee on Private Lands."
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People
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William Syphax (formerly enslaved); his enslaved mother, G.W.P. Custis
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Place
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Alexandria County; Arlington estate
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Source
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FOLDER: Confederate Newspaper; FOLDER: Slave; Alexandria Gazette; May 5, 1866; https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1m5pbDFo_tkPr8AbfRYN4GxfOxK77rxri
