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Isaac Goodnow wrote from Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, to a friend, expressing his excitement and support for the Leavenworth Constitution. The status of the Lecompton Constitution was currently being debated in Congress, but Goodnow predicted its "destruction". Goodnow described the events of the Constitutional Convention, which had first convened in Minneola, but had been removed to Leavenworth. He stated that the finished constitution was" the best Constitution in existence", and remarked at James Lane's leading role in its development.
Creator: Goodnow, Isaac T. (Isaac Tichenor), 1814-1894
Date: April 1 & 3, 1858
Item Number: 3763
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3763
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Educators
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Places - Cities and towns - Centropolis
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Minneola (Franklin County)
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/3763