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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02631 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Iowa joint resolution, ratifying the 13th Amendment to the Constitution |
| Date | 30 March 1866 |
| Author | Stone, William M. (1827-1893) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Document of the eleventh General Assembly of the State of Iowa ratifying the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which abolished slavery. The 13th Amendment resolution is quoted at the center of the document. Signed in ink by Iowa's Governor, William M. Stone, Iowa's Speaker of the House, Ed Wright, Iowa's President of the Senate, B. J. Lee, and Iowa's Secretary of State, James Wright. The names of the members of the House and Senate who voted in affirmative are printed at left. Printed by F. W. Palmer, state printer, register office, Des Moines. With a few small engravings depicting allegorical symbols of liberty and other patriotic images. With green state seal. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery US Constitution US Constitutional Amendment Law Government and Civics Freedom and Independence Civil Rights |
| People | Stone, William M. (1827-1893) |
| Place written | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Theme | African Americans; Reconstruction; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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