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This is a portrait of Franklin G. Adams who was the Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. Adams was a member of the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention. He served as an election judge for the second vote on the Lecompton Constitution. Earlier he was a Clerk of the U. S. District Court of Kansas. In 1875, he became the first secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society.
Creator: Leonard & Martin
Date: Between 1876 and 1883
Item Number: 211629
Call Number: B Adams, Franklin *6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211629
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Public service
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cabinet cards
People - Notable Kansans - Adams, F. G. (Franklin George), 1824-1899
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cabinet cards
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