In the weeks following the close of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, John A. Martin, the convention's secretary, and James M. Winchell, president of the convention, were occupied with the campaign for its ratification. This letter from Martin, dated Atchison, September 7, 1859, addressed some of the steps that had been and should be taken in the document's behalf during the bitter, partisan campaign leading up to the October 4, 1859, referendum.
Date: September 7, 1859
Item Number: 1297
Call Number: History Constitutions, Wyandotte Correspondence No. 570
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1297
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Wyandotte Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Medary, Samuel
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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