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This letter from Frances Willard invites Kansas Governor St. John to address the Temperance Convocation at Lake Bluff, Illinois, in August, which she describes as "a rallying of the clans". Willard was president of the Women's National Christian Temperance Union. She was in Ottawa, Kansas, when she wrote this letter.
Creator: Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898
Date: May 07, 1880
Item Number: 228519
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228519
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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
People - Notable People - Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Ottawa
Places - Counties - Franklin
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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