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This letter from John Waller of Lawrence, sends an urgent appeal to Kansas Governor St. John to send temperance workers into the colored districts, so their voters may be better informed about the purpose and importance of the Prohibition Amendment.
Creator: Waller, John L.
Date: May 11, 1880
Item Number: 228517
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228517
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Independent Order of Good Templars
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 - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters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/228517