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This letter from Ed Secrest invites Kansas Governor St. John to address a Temperance Rally at a grove near Randolph, on September 11th. He promises a brass band, singers and baskets of food for the hungry. The attendees would be from northern Riley County and western Pottawatomie County.
Creator: Secrest, Ed
Date: August 17, 1880
Item Number: 305731
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305731
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Community Life - Events and Celebrations
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 - Randolph
Places - Counties - Riley
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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