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| January 24, 1866 | Reported statement of respectable Staunton black people. |
| January 24, 1866 | U.S. troops have left the Valley. |
| January 24, 1866 | Report on the Staunton Freedmen School. |
| January 31, 1866 | Complaint against blacks. |
| January 31, 1866 | Warns community of thieving blacks. |
| January 31, 1866 | Reports of a skirmish between two black parties which the Freedmen Bureau is investigating. |
| February 7, 1866 | Request for all men who are summoned by the Freedmen court to appear. |
| January 31, 1866 | Reports that Mr. Tukey, the Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau was not involved in the petition for the return of U.S. troops. |
| April 4, 1866 | John Scott, a teacher for the Freedmen's School is reported to have escorted a black girl down New Street. |
| April 11, 1866 | John Scott's reaction to the article dated April 4, 1866 which reported him to have escorted a black girl down New Street. |
| April 20, 1866 | Editorial on the incident of John Scott, the white Freedmen schoolteacher having been seen escorting a black girl. |
| April 20, 1866 | Letter to the editor from Mr. Tukey, the Superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau in reference to the John Scott incident. |
| April 25, 1866 | Reminder to Freedmen about paying taxes. |
| May 2, 1866 | Warning about the possibility of blacks rioting against whites due to the Civil Rights Bill. |
| May 4, 1866 | Repudiating a petition presented in Congress which claimed that "Union" men in Staunton felt unsafe after the withdrawl of troops. |
| May 9, 1866 | Rumors about crimes against blacks in Staunton. |
| May 9, 1866 | Complaint submitted by a black woman against two men. |
| May 25, 1866 | Notice of the suspension of the Freedmen's Court. |
| May 30, 1866 | Local notice about labor contracts between blacks and whites. |
| May 30, 1866 | A letter of thanks to the people of Staunton from the black Methodist Church. |
| June 13, 1866 | Invitation to the blacks to work on a community project. |
| June 20, 1866 | Register reports about religious revival among whites and blacks. |
| June 20, 1866 | Charlottesville freedmen petition for the return of U.S. soldiers. |
| June 20, 1866 | Newspaper praises the conduct of Rev. Mr. Lawson. |
| July 4, 1866 | Public apology by the Valley Virginian to the black community. |
| August 15, 1866 | Four black men arrested for stealing. |
| August 15, 1866 | Valley Virginian reports the success of a charity dinner held by the black community in Harrisonburg. |
| August 24, 1866 | Staunton Vindicator disputes the right of a local agent to interfere with court sentencing. |
| September 5, 1866 | Police Report, including crimes committed by freedmen. |
| September 7, 1866 | Synopsis of an address delivered by Lewis Ivey, a former slave, to his fellow freedmen, advising them to cultivate the friendship of their former owners. |
| September 26, 1866 | Lot purchased in Staunton for a "colored" church. |
| October 3, 1866 | Suggestion to hire blacks to keep"watch and ward" over the black population. |
| October 10, 1866 | Criticism of "mulattoes" as Southern Loyalists |
| October 17, 1866 | Article stating that whites must help blacks improve themselves. |
| November 11, 1866 | Police report including blacks arrested for burglary. |
| November 21, 1866 | Black church to be built. |
| December 19, 1866 | "Freedmen's Fair" held. |
| VIRGINIA | |
| January 24, 1866 | Virginia State Legislature passes new regulations concerning Freemen rights. |
| January 24, 1866 | Blacks in Lynchburg are making labor contracts. |
| February 7, 1866 | Freedmen teacher is injured. |
| April 4, 1866 | Reports of an alleged conversation between a black barber and Charles H. Lewis, ex-Secretary of Virginia, who is referred to as a "Despicable White." |
| April 11, 1866 | A white man is killed by a black man in Albemarle County. |
| May 2, 1866 | Mayor of Richmond fines a white an for abusing a black woman. |
| May 2, 1866 | Virginia Governor Pierpoint is blamed for the passing of the Civil Rights Bill. |
| May 2, 1866 | Blames murders of white persons in Norfolk on the Civil Rights Bill. |
| May 16, 1866 | Reports result of the investigation of the Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia and North Carolina. |
| May 16, 1866 | Court Decision on the validity of the sale of slaves in Virginia prior to emancipation. |
| August 8, 1866 | Duel in Richmond between two black men. |
| December 18, 1866 | Freedmen's school in Harrisonburg. |
| NATIONAL | |
| January 4, 1866 | Asserts the "real" reason why the South is being kept out of Congress. |
| February 7, 1866 | South Carolina Governor's attack on the Freedmen Bureau. |
| February 7, 1866 | Opposition against the Freedmen Bureau Bill. |
| March 2, 1866 | President Johnson's objections to the bill to establish the Freedmen's Bureau. |
| February 7, 1866 | Objection to the giving the right to vote to blacks when some whites do not have the right. |
| March 12, 1866 | Circular No. 10 of the Freedmen's Bureau concerning legal rights of Freedmen. |
| May 11, 1866 | Generals Steadman and Fullerton's report on the Freedmen Bureau in the Southern States. |
| June 22, 1866 | Featured advice to freedmen from Mr. Hurley as published in the South Carolina Ledger. |
| August 29, 1866 | Bureau intends to stop issuing rations. |
| September 5, 1866 | Freedmen "agitate" for migration to Liberia. |
| December 12, 1866 | Discussion of extending the franchise to the freedmen. |