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A letter from temperance advocate Mary Shields requesting Kansas Governor John St. John speak to her Colorado community in September if convenient. She states "we think that Gov. St. John is not of Kansas, but belongs to the world and humanity." Mary Shields was president of the Colorado Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Date: August 07, 1880
Item Number: 305680
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305680
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 - 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 - Other States - Colorado - Colorado Springs
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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