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A concerned merchant in Kansas City describes the nuisance and disruption created by illegal liquor traffic in his and neighboring communities, and requests legal assistance to stop it.
Creator: Bovard, J.A.
Date: December 27, 1879
Item Number: 227143
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227143
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Alcohol use
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
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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