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A letter from temperance supporter E. B. Crew of Delphos to Kansas Governor St. John, contending "that the cost of liquors in this State exceeds the expense of the State government", and asks for statistics to help prove his argument. Crew if the Grand Worthy Secretary of the Kansas Independent Order of Good Templars, a temperance organization.
Creator: Crew, E. B.
Date: September 09, 1880
Item Number: 306867
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306867
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Independent Order of Good Templars
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 - Delphos
Places - Counties - Ottawa
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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