Someday, when I have more free time, I will post the full text of Hannis Taylor’s letter to Senator Thomas Carter. In the meantime, you can download the PDF of this document and read that he believes the retrocession of Alexandria in 1846/1847 was not constitutional. I originally discovered this letter in December of 2009 when I posted a newspaper article titled “Does Virginia Own Alexandria County?” which was published in The Washington Herald the following day, January 18, 1910.
Related Retrocession Entries:
- Letter from Hannis Taylor to Honorable Thomas H. Carter, United States Senator, Rendering An Opinion As To The Constitutionality of the Act of Retrocession of 1846 - January 17, 1910
- Debate in the U.S. Senate Concerning An Act to Retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia - Thursday, July 2, 1846
- GAMBLERS MAY GET ALEXANDRIA FOR US - The Washington Times, October 16, 1905
- PLEA FOR RESTORATION OF ALEXANDRIA COUNTY - The Washington Times, April 13, 1902
- EARLY SECESSION DAYS - The Washington Times, August 12, 1900
- Act of Cession from the State of Virginia - December 3, 1789
- Debate in the U.S. House of Representatives Concerning An Act to Retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia, Friday, May 8, 1846
- RETROCESSION OF ALEXANDRIA – A Speech by R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, before the U.S. House of Representatives, May 8th, 1846
- A Shower of Proclamations: Arlington Heights - The New York Times, May 9, 1861
- Phillips v. Payne, 92 US 130 – Supreme Court - October Term, 1875
- RETROCESSION OF ALEXANDRIA – The New York Times, August 17, 1873
- S280 - A Bill To Repeal an Act Entitled ''An Act to Retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia" - United States Senate, April 23, 1866
- ALEXANDRIA AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The Alexandria Gazette, June 9, 1909
- STILL AFTER ALEXANDRIA - The Alexandria Gazette, June 5th, 1909
- A Bill To Extend The Limits of the District of Columbia - The Alexandria Gazette, June 1, 1909
- Anxious To Come Back - The Washington Post, July 24, 1890
- Does Virginia Own Alexandria County? - The Washington Herald, January 18, 1910
- Text of H.R. 259 - An act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia
