6 June 1862: “…Governor Stanly has not been instructed by the government to prevent the education of children, white or black, in the State of North Carolina.”

Item description: This document, which was ordered to be printed by the United States House of Representatives, is a compilation of documents related to “the authority and action of the Hon. Edward Stanly, military governor of North Carolina.” It includes text related to Stanly’s appointment by the Lincoln administration and any instructions he was given concerning “the education of white or black children in said State.”

Item citation: Military Governor of North Carolina. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to A resolution of the House of the 2d of June, in relation to the authority and action of the Hon. Edward Stanly, military governor of North Carolina.. [Washington, DC?], 1862. Ex. Doc. No. 123. Cb970.71 U58p. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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