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A letter from Attorney Lorenzo Westover to Kansas Governor St. John, apparently denouncing the church's interpretations of the intended legal consequences of the proposed prohibition amendment. He accuses temperance preachers of "fanaticism" and ignorance about human law, and appeals for "advocates outside the pulpit".
Creator: Westover, Lorenzo
Date: August 20, 1880
Item Number: 305748
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305748
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 - Clyde
Places - Counties - Cloud
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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