Proceedings and Debates . . . [The Wyandot Consitution, aka The Wyandotte Constitution aka The Kansas Constitution aka The Constitution of The State of Kansas]

by Drapier, Ariel E

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Wyandot, Kansas Territory: Territory of Kansas, 1859. The "free state" Constitution approved by Congress, making Kansas the 34th state to enter the union on Jan. 29, 1861 -- the current Kansas State Constitution. THIS IS THE PERSONAL COPY OF J. M. WINCHELL, WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, and who hand carried a copy to U. S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge for presentation to Congress. (Complete Title): Proceedings and debates, embracing the secretary's journal, of the Kansas Constitutional Convention, convened at Wyandot, July 5, 1859, under the act of the territorial legislature, entitled "An Act Providing for the Formation of a State Government for The State of Kansas." Approved February 11, 1859 [sic]*. By Ariel E. Drapier, Reporter. Printed by order of the convention, from the columns of the Commercial Gazette. S. D. MacDonald, Printer to The Convention. Full brown leather, gilt-stamped lettering & rules on spine with five panels divided by four black-stamped ruled bands, upper lettered panel in red and lower in black, covers bordered with black-stamped double rules, publisher's dark top edge dye, [6pp] Blank, [1p] Title, [1p] Members List, [2pp] Index, xlvi, 439, 16pp, [4pp] Blank, "Constiitution of the State of Kansas": 16pp at end. A very well preserved attractive, square, tight copy. About 1/16" of spine head lacking, 1/2" split at front hinge top with balance of hinge showing some light wear, top corners sharp, bottom corners lightly bumped, front cover displays some thin peeling of leather luster along the top, edges lightly faded, text quite bright, crisp, clean, pliable. "Kansas Library, Geo. W. Martin" -- Label affixed to top left of front pastedown and INITIALED by Mr. Martin. "Anderson Memorial Library. The College of Emporia. Geo. W. Martin Collection. -- Labels affixed to front free endpaper and back pastedown, No. 490, dated 1905." SIGNED (twice) letter from Mrs. E. E. Winchell detailing aquisition from her husband's, (James M. Winchell), estate, affixed to front pastedown. Pencilled note, "From Mrs. J. M. Winchell," SIGNED & DATED "Geo. W. Martin, Dec. 20, 1878." (Mr. Martin, a lifelong newspaperman and influential politician, was Secretary [i.e., Director] of the Kansas State Historical Society from 1899 to 1914; which he co-founded in 1875.) The "Wyandot Constitution" is, of course, the constitution which was ratified by Congress, making Kansas our Nation's 34th State, effective Jan. 29, 1861. This extremely rare copy was recently purchased from the estate of a Wichita collector who had acquired it when it was deaccessed from the Anderson Memorial Library. When the State of Kansas enacted Senate Joint Resolution No. 3, Chapter 317, Laws of 1919, to have the Constitution reprinted it was noted: "Whereas, There are but Five or Six Copies of the Proceedings and Debates in existence; and Whereas, There Is But One of these copies in the State Library and that one, On Account of its Rarity and Value, must be kept locked in a vault . . ." Presumeably, this is One of the Five or Six Copies known at that time. *(Note the obvious error; it was approved by the Convention on July 29.). Signed, Association Copy. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Americana, History, Kansas, Law, Political Science.

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