[COLLECTION OF TWO PRINTED PAMPHLETS AND A GROUP OF HANDBILLS RELATING TO THE WASHINGTON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1889]

[Washington]

Published by Olympia & Seattle, 1889

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Various paginations, as described below. Original wrappers. Slight wear to wrappers, and single light vertical crease in each pamphlet. Final pamphlet with rear wrapper neatly detached (but present), some slight internal staining. On the whole, near fine. An important collection of scarce pamphlets and printed documents detailing the Washington state constitutional convention and the admission of Washington to the Union in 1889. Washington became a separate territory from Oregon in 1853 and experienced great population growth as a result of the discovery of gold in the 1850 and the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1883. This collection includes Washington state printings of the federal, territorial, and constitutional milestones that led the way to statehood in 1889. The individual items are as follows: 1) THOSE WHO WERE ELECTED. FULL LIST OF DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. [Olympia: Thos. H. Cavanaugh, Public Printer, 1889]. Handbill, 22 x 6.5 cm. Two copies, one with a paper clip stain in upper edge. Gives the names of the seventy-five delegates (three from each district) elected to participate in the Constitutional Convention of 1889. There were forty-five Republicans and twenty-eight Democrats as well as two Labor Party members who allied themselves with the Democrats. Though bearing no imprint, this was almost certainly printed by Thomas Cavanaugh, the public printer for the territory. A very scarce record of the convention participants and their affiliation. 2) CALENDAR. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, WASHINGTON TERRITORY. [Olympia: Thos. H. Cavanaugh, Public Printer, 1889]. Fourteen total handbills (printed on one side only), one measuring 22.5 x 15 cm., the others 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Each of these handbills prints the daily order of business, specifically the names of the committees which would be reporting. The Washington Constitutional Convention met from July 4 to August 22, 1889. Included here are the calendar handbills for July 26 (one copy); July 30 (four copies); July 31 (four copies); August 1 (one copy); and August 2 (four copies). Likely printed in a very small number for the daily use of the delegates at the convention, such handbills documenting each days' proceedings are very rare. 3) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, PROPOSED BY THE CONVENTION, HELD AT OLYMPIA, COMMENCING July 4TH, 1889, AND ENDING AUGUST 22, 1889. Olympia: Thos. H. Cavanaugh, Public Printer, 1889. [2],28pp. Original printed blue wrappers. Official printing of the proposed constitution of Washington, which was then submitted to the people of the territory for their adoption or rejection. The popular vote on the constitution was held on October 1, 1889, and it was overwhelmingly approved. OCLC locates nine copies. OCLC 21661051. 4) CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, WITH MARGINAL NOTES AND FULL INDEX. Seattle: [Wm. H. Hughes Company], 1889. 74pp. This copy with the ownership signature of I.M. Hall, a Seattle lawyer and notary, on the front wrapper, and his ink stamp on the front wrapper, titlepage, and first text page. The marginal notes and index for this printing of the Washington constitution, as approved by the people of the state, were prepared by Andrew Woods, a Seattle attorney. OCLC locates ten copies. OCLC 21641223. Seller Inventory # WRCAM57363

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Title: [COLLECTION OF TWO PRINTED PAMPHLETS AND A ...

Publisher: Olympia & Seattle

Publication Date: 1889