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This journal, compiled by Joel K. Goodin, secretary of the Executive Committee of the Topeka free-state movement, began with a statement explaining the reason the Topeka Movement formed and the call for a Mass Meeting at Big Springs, August 15, 1855. It included notes of numerous meetings, proclamations, etc. These committee records were published in their entirety in the Kansas Historical Collections Vol. 13:125-158.
Creator: Goodin, Joel K. (Joel Kishler), 1824-1894
Date: 1855-1856
Item Number: 1019
Call Number: History Constitutions, Journals, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Document No.570
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1019
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Notable Kansans - Goodin, Joel Kishler
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Big Springs
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
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