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In this letter, R.K. McCartney writes Kansas Governor St. John, informing him the community of Valley Falls plans an "excursion" to hear the Governor speak at the Bismarck Grove Temperance meeting in late August. McCartney wants to know which day will be the most interesting. Bismarck Grove was outside of Lawrence, Kansas.
Creator: McCartney, R.K.
Date: August 04, 1880
Item Number: 305167
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305167
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
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 - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Valley Falls
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Jefferson
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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