Published record of selected Convention reports and proceedings, 1915.

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Published record of selected Convention reports and proceedings, 1915.

The series consists of 53 printed documents issued by the Convention ranging from a list of committee assisgnments (Document #1) to procedures for presenting the proposed Constitution to voters (Document #53).

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