Memorial of the Senators and Representatives, and the Constitution of the State of Kansas - 1856
This First Edition copy of the Memorial of the Senators and Representatives, and the Constitution of the State of Kansas; also, The Majority and Minority Reports of the Committee on Territories on the Said Constitutions – 1856 dealt with the time when Kansas was seeking admission to the Union, in the face of increasing antagonism between the proponents of slave states and free states. This document was authorized by the House of Representatives on June 28, 1856 by a resolution “That 10,000 copies of the reports of the majority and minority of the Committee on Territories on the constitution of the people of Kansas, and the memorial of the members of the legislature elected under its authority, be printed for the use of the members of the House of Representatives”. The constitution referred to was the “Topeka” constitution – which was the first of four constitutions proposed by Kansas before it was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861.
The Topeka Constitutional Convention met from October 23 to Nov 11, 1855 in Topeka, Kansas Territory. It drafted the Topeka Constitution that would have banned slavery in Kansas. The convention was organized by Free-Staters to counter the pro slavery Territorial legislature elected March 5, 1855 in polling suffering widely from electoral fraud and the intimidation of free state settlers. The Topeka Constitution marked the first effort to form a Kansas governmental structure and define its basis in law. The constitution was submitted to Congress for its approval, but that approval was never forthcoming. Three more state constitutions were later proposed: the pro slavery Lecompton Constituion (1857) and the Free-State Leavenworth Constitution (1858,) before the Wyandotte Constitution (1859) ultimately led to Kansas being admitted into the Union as a free state in 1861. The Civil War began four months later.
This 59-page single-column booklet, without covers, measures approximately 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches. Its contents are:
• Papers purporting to be the Memorial of Senators and Representatives of the State of Kansas (Pages 3 to 11).
• The Constitution of the State of Kansas (Pages 13 to 38)
• The Majority Report from the Congressional Committee on the Territories (Pages 39 to 50)
• The Minority Report from the Congressional Committee on the Territories (Pages 51 to 59)
The pages of the booklet are slightly tanned, with text that is clear and easily read. The cover is missing. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet’s title page and the first page of each of the booklet’s sections.
This First Edition copy of the Memorial of the Senators and Representatives, and the Constitution of the State of Kansas; also, The Majority and Minority Reports of the Committee on Territories on the Said Constitutions – 1856 dealt with the time when Kansas was seeking admission to the Union, in the face of increasing antagonism between the proponents of slave states and free states. This document was authorized by the House of Representatives on June 28, 1856 by a resolution “That 10,000 copies of the reports of the majority and minority of the Committee on Territories on the constitution of the people of Kansas, and the memorial of the members of the legislature elected under its authority, be printed for the use of the members of the House of Representatives”. The constitution referred to was the “Topeka” constitution – which was the first of four constitutions proposed by Kansas before it was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861.
The Topeka Constitutional Convention met from October 23 to Nov 11, 1855 in Topeka, Kansas Territory. It drafted the Topeka Constitution that would have banned slavery in Kansas. The convention was organized by Free-Staters to counter the pro slavery Territorial legislature elected March 5, 1855 in polling suffering widely from electoral fraud and the intimidation of free state settlers. The Topeka Constitution marked the first effort to form a Kansas governmental structure and define its basis in law. The constitution was submitted to Congress for its approval, but that approval was never forthcoming. Three more state constitutions were later proposed: the pro slavery Lecompton Constituion (1857) and the Free-State Leavenworth Constitution (1858,) before the Wyandotte Constitution (1859) ultimately led to Kansas being admitted into the Union as a free state in 1861. The Civil War began four months later.
This 59-page single-column booklet, without covers, measures approximately 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches. Its contents are:
• Papers purporting to be the Memorial of Senators and Representatives of the State of Kansas (Pages 3 to 11).
• The Constitution of the State of Kansas (Pages 13 to 38)
• The Majority Report from the Congressional Committee on the Territories (Pages 39 to 50)
• The Minority Report from the Congressional Committee on the Territories (Pages 51 to 59)
The pages of the booklet are slightly tanned, with text that is clear and easily read. The cover is missing. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet’s title page and the first page of each of the booklet’s sections.
This First Edition copy of the Memorial of the Senators and Representatives, and the Constitution of the State of Kansas; also, The Majority and Minority Reports of the Committee on Territories on the Said Constitutions – 1856 dealt with the time when Kansas was seeking admission to the Union, in the face of increasing antagonism between the proponents of slave states and free states. This document was authorized by the House of Representatives on June 28, 1856 by a resolution “That 10,000 copies of the reports of the majority and minority of the Committee on Territories on the constitution of the people of Kansas, and the memorial of the members of the legislature elected under its authority, be printed for the use of the members of the House of Representatives”. The constitution referred to was the “Topeka” constitution – which was the first of four constitutions proposed by Kansas before it was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861.
The Topeka Constitutional Convention met from October 23 to Nov 11, 1855 in Topeka, Kansas Territory. It drafted the Topeka Constitution that would have banned slavery in Kansas. The convention was organized by Free-Staters to counter the pro slavery Territorial legislature elected March 5, 1855 in polling suffering widely from electoral fraud and the intimidation of free state settlers. The Topeka Constitution marked the first effort to form a Kansas governmental structure and define its basis in law. The constitution was submitted to Congress for its approval, but that approval was never forthcoming. Three more state constitutions were later proposed: the pro slavery Lecompton Constituion (1857) and the Free-State Leavenworth Constitution (1858,) before the Wyandotte Constitution (1859) ultimately led to Kansas being admitted into the Union as a free state in 1861. The Civil War began four months later.
This 59-page single-column booklet, without covers, measures approximately 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches. Its contents are:
• Papers purporting to be the Memorial of Senators and Representatives of the State of Kansas (Pages 3 to 11).
• The Constitution of the State of Kansas (Pages 13 to 38)
• The Majority Report from the Congressional Committee on the Territories (Pages 39 to 50)
• The Minority Report from the Congressional Committee on the Territories (Pages 51 to 59)
The pages of the booklet are slightly tanned, with text that is clear and easily read. The cover is missing. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the booklet’s title page and the first page of each of the booklet’s sections.