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George W. Espey, an agent of the Palace Drug Store in Ashland, Kansas, writes to Governor John A. Martin in Topeka asking whether he must quit selling alcohol because the county clerk does not have the proper affidavit form for him to fill out to renew his license. Espey asks for a prompt reply because the county attorney has stopped him from doing business.
Date: March 30, 1887
Item Number: 214021
Call Number: Governor's Office, Martin, Box 28, Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214021
Business and Industry - Health care - Pharmacies
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Pharmacists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Business and Industry - Retail - Drugstores
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1887
Government and Politics - Local Government - County - Attorney
Government and Politics - Local Government - County - Clerk
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Ashland
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Clark
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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