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In this letter, Pardee Butler describes for Kansas Governor St. John the temperance problems existing in Atchison County, where many leading Republicans have been courted and persuaded by liquor dealers. He states they are sold "body and breeches" to the liquor interests.
Creator: Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888
Date: June 29, 1880
Item Number: 229225
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 229225
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, Bookkeeping
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Counties - Atchison
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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