Administrative and correspondence files, 1890-1894.

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Administrative and correspondence files, 1890-1894.

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The series consists of correspondence, selected meeting minutes, and related material documenting the work of the Constitutional Commission of 1890. The material is apparently from the files of commission chairman Francis H. Woods and includes a letter transmitting the material as a gift from his son, Thomas Francis Woods (an attorney practicing in Albany, New York), to the New York State Library in 1946.

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New York (State). Legislature. Constitutional Commission of 1890.

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Chapter 189 of the Laws of 1890 established the Constitutional Commission to propose to the legislature amendments to article 6 of the state constitution, which applied to the state's judiciary. The legislature has broad authority to propose state constitution amendments and to convene constitutional conventions. With consent of the senate, the governor designated members of the commission, which represented all state judicial districts. Judge Francis H. Woods was chairman of the commission. The...

Woods, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1850-1915

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Union soldier with the 137th New York Regiment. From the description of Correspondence, 1863-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504900 ...