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This reports that a meeting was held to approve the charter of the city of Lawrence, Kansas Territory. The text of the charter was included. In addition, this report included a message from five citizens regarding reasons for establishing city government.
Creator: Hutchinson, George W.
Date: c. 1857
Item Number: 3166
Call Number: Port Vault K 352.9 -D74 C385 1857
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3166
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Library
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Charter
People - Notable Kansans - Blood, James
People - Notable Kansans - Eldridge, Shalor W.
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Proclamations
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/3166
