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This proclamation, issued by James Lane and Joel Goodin and published in the Kansas Daily Tribune on March 7, 1856, announced to the public the results of the December, 1855, election for senators and representatives in the Topeka legislature. The new legislators had met together in Topeka on March 4, 1856.
Creator: Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Date: March 7, 1856
Item Number: 6750
Call Number: Franklin Loomis Crane Coll. #320 Box 1 Scrapbook
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6750
Collections - Manuscript - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
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 - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
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
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Proclamation
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