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Correspondence sent and received by members of the Kansas State Temperance Union, primarily Rev. W. L. Dexter, secretary, Robert Norris, secretary, Julian K. Codding, lawyer, and William T. Jones, solicitor. Correspondents include Elizabeth P. Hutchinson, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Rev. Purley A. Baker, superintendent of the American Anti-Saloon League, Mary Evelyn Dobbs, Rev. Charles W. Whorrall, and William H. McCamish, assistant attorney general of Wyandotte County. Included in this correspondence are several signed petitions to members of the U.S. Senate from citizens in Arkansas City, Kirwin, and Abilene asking them to vote against the Hamilton Bill which they argue "would annul the solemn pledge of the Government to protect the Indians against the introduction and sale of intoxicants in the Indian territory." Some financial records are also included, such as a report from the finance committee for the previous year, ending February 15, 1905, and receipts and disbursements by month, signed by financial manager S. H. Pitcher. Although Kansas was the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in 1880, the law was largely unenforced.
Date: 1905
Item Number: 227638
Call Number: Temperance History Coll. #645, Box 5 Folder 1 - Box 6 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227638
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - History - Temperance
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Kansas State Temperance Union
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Date - 1900s - 1905
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
People - American Indians
People - Notable Kansans - Dobbs, Mary E.
Places - Cities and towns - Abilene
Places - Cities and towns - Arkansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Kirwin
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wamego
Places - Cities and towns - Waverly
Places - Counties - Coffey
Places - Counties - Cowley
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Places - Counties - Phillips
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records
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