Journal of the Convention to Reduce and Equalize the Representation of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Assembled in Milledgeville, On the 6th Day of May, Eighteen Hundred and Thirty-Nine
Milledgeville: P. L. Robinson, State Printer, 1839.
First Edition. Wraps. Disbound stitched wraps. 74 pages. Title page 1. Former institutional copy with blind embossed seal and blue oval stamp top on the title page. Institution stamp name marked in black pen. Title page slightly loose. Interior contents good condition. Contents were a detailed attempt to remedy malapportionment in Georgia. Delegates are listed, yeas and nays recorded, on the various efforts to reduce number of representatives and base representation to some extent on the census of slaves. According to De Renne, the Constitutional Amendments adopted by the Convention were "Not ratified by the people on the first Monday of October as provided by the Act" convening the Convention.
Derenne Vol. 2 p.466. Fair. Item #30252
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