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E.C.K. Garvey & Co., fl. 1855 Constitution! The people of the Kansas Territory are requested to assemble...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06409.01 Author/Creator: E.C.K. Garvey & Co., fl. 1855 Place Written: Topeka, Kansas Type: Broadside Date: circa 23 October 1855 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 41.9 cm, Width: 28.9 cm Order a Copy

Broadside announcing a public discussion on the proposed Kansas Constitution, on wove paper, with a vignette of the Federal Eagle, "Constitution! The People of the Kansas territory Are requested to assemble at the following times and places, to discuss the merits of the Constitution Framed by the Convention which convened at Topeka on the 23rd day of October, a.d. 1855." Lists 10 towns and proposed speakers. After a bitter struggle, Kansas was admitted to the Union in January 1861. Printed by E. C. K. Garvey & Co.

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