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The Leavenworth constitution was the third of four constitutions proposed for Kansas statehood and the second free-state constitution (after the Topeka and before the Wyandotte constitutions). Delegates for the territory's third constitutional convention were elected on March 9 and assembled in Leavenworth on March 25, 1858. The delegates considered the "Homestead Exemption" during the morning session, April 1, 1858. The provision was amended so as to make the basic exemption 160 acres or not over $2,000. The vote on this was recorded and the yeas and nays are followed by numerous explanations--many delegates who voted nay did so not because they opposed the concept.
Creator: Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), d. 1913
Date: April 1, 1858
Item Number: 1112
Call Number: History Constitutions, Journal No. 570
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1112
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Tappan, Samuel Forster
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
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