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Show CONSTITUTION WRITTEN PINK FEMININE PAPER ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 10 (II. P.) The original copy of the first constitution of Missouri part of it written on feminine pink note pa-1 per, has lieen presented to the Missouri Mis-souri Historical Society here. The official records of the first constitutional convention, held from June 12 to July 10. 1H20, were deposited de-posited with the society by the grandchildren of William Grymes I'cttus, secretary of the convention. The sessions were held in the old Mansion House In a suite of rooms for which $:S0 a week was paid. Although part of the record, and even part of the early drafts of the constitution, are scrawled upon pink note paper and other scraps which were available, the final draft is In a perfect band, flpwing and regular, regu-lar, with every "1" dotted and every "t" crossed. |