Anomalies regarding the 1889 Constitution

Submitted by assembly on Tue, 10/26/2010 - 2:18pm

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This is a scan of a certified copy of the 1889 Washington State Constitution Convention proceedings.

Note how the signatures are all in the same handwriting.

These signatures appear at the very end of the constitutional convention proceedings and just preceding these signatures is the entire constitution written out for the record. If one were to say they had the original copy, this would have to be it.

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