NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1866  Period reports of the first "Juneteenth" event on June 19, 1865, when Union troops entered Galveston, Texas and announced to more than 250,000 enslaved blacks that they were free, are almost impossible to find.
However, we did discover a somewhat oblique mention of the first anniversary of what was then known in Texas as "Jubilee Day", which would be renamed "Juneteenth" in 1867.
Page 5 has a small report headed: "Texas - Arrival of Gen. Sheridan at Galveston--The Freedmen's Celebration of Emancipation" with a dateline from Galveston, June 19. The end of the report notes: "...The freedmen celebration of emancipation, at Houston, passed off quietly. Gen. Fullerton has not yet arrived."
A quite rare and early reference to what is now a national holiday.
Complete in 8 pages, a tear at the top of the front leaf does not impact mentioned content, otherwise very nice.