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
- Legislature (Organization)
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
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States