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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.169 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1858 |
| Title | Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution |
| Date | 18 February 1858 |
| Author | Green, James Stephen (1817-1870) |
| Additional authors | United States. Congress (35th, 1st session : 1857-1858). Senate. Calhoun, John (1806-1859) Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | 35th Congress, 1st session, Senate. Rep. Com. No. 82. Opens with a report submitted by Senator Green from the Committee on Territories. Includes a Constitution for Kansas, submitted by John Calhoun, President of the Kansas Constitutional Convention (this constitution is known as the Lecompton Constitution, intended to admit Kansas into the Union as a slave state). Includes the minority report, submitted by Senator Stephen Douglas, who states, "there is no satisfactory evidence that the constitution formed at Lecompton is the act and deed of the people of Kansas, or that it embodies their will." Cover is missing. |
| Subjects | State Constitution Congress Westward Expansion Politics Statehood Slavery African American History Government and Civics Law Bleeding Kansas |
| People | Green, James Stephen (1817-1870) Calhoun, John (1806-1859) Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Law; African Americans; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |