This excerpt from the 1855 Kansas Executive Committee Council Journal records the Council’s discussion of various proposed acts and bills. These acts and bills address topics such as coal mining, the territorial capital at Lecompton, Kansas, enacting a state census and state constitutional convention, enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law, and voting rights for American Indians. The journal also features correspondence from Andrew Reeder.

1855

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Bogus Legislature
American Indians
African Americans

Andrew Reeder

Lecompton, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Franklin County, Kansas

Government Document

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territorial Records, 24-13-08-01

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