Report of the debates in the Convention of California on the formation of the state constitution, in September and October, 1849
John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of September-October 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades before settling down in Oakland. Repor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington
Printed by J.T. Towers
1850, 1850
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| Collection: | Making of Modern Law / Primary Sources - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | John Ross Browne (1817-1875) of Kentucky, the official reporter for the California State Constitutional Convention of September-October 1849, came to California in 1849 as an employee of the government revenue service. He traveled widely in the next two decades before settling down in Oakland. Report of the debates of the Convention of California (1850) comprises the official records of the convention. Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and official correspondence regarding the convention and the institution of state government under that constitution |
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| Item Description: | "Constitution of the state of California": p. [iii]-xiii. - Reproduction of the original from the Yale Law School Library |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (479, xlvi p., 1 leaf) 23 cm |