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In this letter, Robert Ireland of Baltimore, Maryland, advises Kansas Governor St. John that over two thirds of Maryland counties either have or are considering Local Option prohibition laws. He offers emphatic hope that Kansas will "overthrow....Rum and its attending evils." Robert Ireland was president of the National Christian Temperance Union.
Creator: Ireland, Robert
Date: April 21, 1880
Item Number: 228228
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228228
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Alcohol use
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Other States - Maryland - Baltimore
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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