Green, James S., 1817-1870 [Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution]

GLC00267.169

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GLC#
GLC00267.169
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1858
Author/Creator
Green, James S., 1817-1870
Title
[Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 v. : 88 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 14.3 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

35th Congress, 1st session, Senate. Rep. Com. No. 82. Opens with a report submitted by Senator Green from the Committee on Territories. Includes a Constitution for Kansas, submitted by John Calhoun, President of the Kansas Constitutional Convention (this constitution is known as the Lecompton Constitution, intended to admit Kansas into the Union as a slave state). Includes the minority report, submitted by Senator Stephen Douglas, who states, "there is no satisfactory evidence that the constitution formed at Lecompton is the act and deed of the people of Kansas, or that it embodies their will." Cover is missing.

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