The constitution of the state of Indiana. : Adopted in convention, at Corydon, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixteen, and of the independence of the United States, the fortieth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Indiana.

Contributor:

Jennings, Jonathan, 1784-1834.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 37921.

Standardized Title:

Constitution (1816)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutions--Indiana.

Constitutions.

Indiana.

Physical Description:

25 pages, 3 unnumbered pages

Place of Publication:

Louisville [Ky.]: : Printed by Butler & Wood, 1816.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Signed on p. 24: Jonathan Jennings, president of the convention, and delegate from the county of Clark. [and 41 others] Attest, William Hendricks, secretary.

The contract for printing both the journal of the constitutional convention (Shaw & Shoemaker 37925) and the constitution itself was given to Mann Butler (of Butler & Wood). These Louisville editions predate both the Vincennes and Washington, D.C. 1816 editions. Cf. Byrd & Peckham.

Last page blank.

"[Ordinance]"--p. [27]. Accepting "the propositions of the Congress of the United States, as made and contained in their act ... entitled, 'An act to enable the people of Indiana Territory to form a state government and constitution ... '" Also exempts all land in Indiana formerly owned by the U.S. government from state, county and local taxes for a period of five years. Signed: Jonathan Jennings, president of the convention. June 29th, 1816.--Attest, William Hendricks, secretary.

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Contains:

Indiana. Ordinance. 1816 June 29.

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