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This letter from W. D. Thompson, Justice of the Peace in Minneapolis, Kansas, requests Kansas Governor John St. John to lecture in his community before April, if at all possible. It is written on stationery of the Ottawa County Index. Thompson is the editor and proprietor of the newspaper.
Creator: Thompson, W. D.
Date: March 16, 1880
Item Number: 228515
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228515
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
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 - Cities and towns - Minneapolis
Places - Counties - Ottawa
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/228515