To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
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.
Item Number: 90643
Call Number: B Adams Franklin G. *8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90643
Collections - Photograph
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cabinet cards
People - Notable Kansans - Adams, F. G. (Franklin George), 1824-1899
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cabinet cards
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90643
