Fac-simile of Signatures to the Bill of Rights, Adopted Wheeling Convention June 17, 1861

On this day, June 17, 1861, "A Declaration of the People of Virginia" was adopted at the Second Wheeling Convention. It stated the rationale of the convention's decision to declare the state offices of Virginia vacant, after which the convention elected a new governor, Francis Pierpont, and other officers and created the Restored Government of Virginia that U.S. president Abraham Lincoln recognized as the legitimate authority in Virginia.

- Page from the book, "Sketch of the Erection and Formation of the State of West Virginia from the Territory of Virginia," Hagans, John Marshall, reprinted [June 20, 1927 ] from Volume 1, West Virginia Supreme Court Report. Book from the Beverly Fluty Collection of the Ohio County Public Library., Wheeling Room, Ohio County Public Library.

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Taken on: June 17, 2016

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