SMITH, FRANCIS H.

The debates and proceedings of the Minnesota constitutional convention including the organic act of the territory... Reported officially by...

Saint Paul: Earle S. Goodrich, 1857. First printing of the debates and proceedings of the Democratic wing of the Constitutional Convention, 8vo, xix-[xxii] & 685pp., original half sheep over marbled boards, red morocco label on spine, with the small blindstamp ""Pioneer Bindery St. Paul"" at the base of the spine. The Constitution which was adopted by a joint committee of the Republican and Democratic wings on the 28th of August, 1857 was largely the same document framed by the Democratic wing, independent of the Republican. Martin 139. Item #8603

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