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Legislature - Constitutional Convention - Records

 Series
Identifier: 037-17-030

Scope and Contents

Conventions were called by action of the State Legislature for several reasons, the most prevalent being to improve existing state constitutions or to write new ones. The Convention of 1787 was called to ratify the United States Constitution. Two conventions, one in 1850 and one in 1861, convened to consider the problems of states rights and secession.

Dates

  • Created: 1787-1877

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

3.75 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

Most of the files have been laminated and all have been placed in folders according to subject and arranged chronologically by date.

Title
Legislature - Constitutional Convention - Records
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States