Stone, William M., 1827-1893 Joint resolution, ratifying the amendment to the consitution of the United States abolishing slavery

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GLC#
GLC02631
Type
Documents
Date
March 30, 1866
Author/Creator
Stone, William M., 1827-1893
Title
Joint resolution, ratifying the amendment to the consitution of the United States abolishing slavery
Place Written
Des Moines, Iowa
Pagination
1 p. : vellum Height: 37.1 cm, Width: 49.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
African Americans and Emancipation Reconstruction

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. Includes green state seal on bottom left.

Stone, William M., 1827-1893
Wright, James, fl. 1866
African American History
Slavery
US Constitution
US Constitutional Amendment
Law
Government and Civics
Freedom and Independence
Civil Rights

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