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Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882 Kansas. Constitution adopted by the convention held at Leavenworth.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.173 Author/Creator: Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1859 Pagination: 1 v. : 24 p. ; 22.5 x 14.7 cm. Order a Copy

35th Congress, 2nd session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 44. Submitted by Conway as president of the Leavenworth convention and Samuel F. Tappan, secretary. Includes a list of other convention members. Calls for the admission of Kansas into the Union without slavery. Cover is missing.

Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), -1913

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