Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849John 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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| Title | Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 CIS state constitutional conventions Library of American civilization Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849, California. Constitutional Convention |
| Authors | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne |
| Editor | John Ross Browne |
| Publisher | J. T. Towers, 1850 |
| Original from | Ghent University |
| Digitized | Jun 20, 2011 |
| Length | 479 pages |
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