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This article, published in the Kansas Freeman newspaper, called for an election to accept or reject the constitution framed by the Topeka Convention in October, 1855. "Qualified voters of said Territory will meet at the several precincts hereinafter mentioned, on the 15th day of December, A. D., 1855." In that same election, voters were called upon to accept or reject a proposed general banking law. The article concluded with identification of the election precincts, a call for sober adherence to the election rules without the interference of "foreign invaders," and notice that any disruption of the election would cause the election judges to "unhesitatingly exercise the authority vested in them, and adjourn or remove the polls to such time and place as in their judgment will secure a legal election."
Creator: Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Date: c. November 24, 1855
Item Number: 6748
Call Number: Franklin Loomis Crane Coll. #320 Box 1 Scrapbook
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6748
Collections - Manuscript - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Proclamation
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Proclamation
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