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Signed sealed and Deliver'd }
in the Presence of-- }

EDWARD HUMSTON (L.S.)
JOHN BRUNSKILL JUNr (L.S.)

THO. MARSHALL
his
JOHN {X} WARRING
Mark

At a Court held for prince William County the 22. of March 1756
This Marriage Contract was proved by the oaths of the witnesses
hereto & ordered to be recorded.

Test JOHN GRAHAM _Clerk_.

LETTERS ON RECONSTRUCTION RECORDS

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA.
July 3, 1920.

DR. C. G. WOODSON,
1216 U Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.

_My Dear Dr. Woodson:_

Attached are names of additional Negro members of the North and
South Carolina legislatures and a letter from Mrs. M.E.
Richardson about an additional member of the Alabama legislature.
Attached also is a letter by Mr. John W. Cromwell. These should
be published in the _Journal_. Kindly publish the same in the
_Journal_, under documents and oblige,

Yours very truly,
(Signed) MONROE N. WORK.
Monroe N. Work,
Editor, Negro Year Book.

MNW/FEH
Three enclosures.

To the Editor of _The Planet_:

Will you for the sake of history allow this communication in your
columns? It has been repeatedly charged that we have no racial
history. If we are challenged with respect to certain events we
admit the imputation by our silence. A different course would
correct much error. _The Journal of Negro History_ for January
has rendered a very great service by publishing the names and
number of Negroes who have been members of their respective State
Legislatures since the Civil War reconstruction. It was
interesting and informative to note the names and numbers of
members of our race from these different States.

When it came to Virginia the contrast was most painful. To behold
the absence of detailed information similar to that supplied the
other States, from North Carolina to Florida, from the Atlantic
to the Rio Grande. For a time I felt like d