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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from government offices, companies, organizations, and other individuals regarding prohibition to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters provide various viewpoints on prohibition in Kansas. Individuals, organizations, etc. wrote about saloons in their town, petitions asking for the suppression of sales of alcohol, asking for information or providing their opinion on liquor and temperance laws, asking for the arrest of individuals acting against laws, and asking about or providing their opinion on the effects of prohibition.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 455069
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 28 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455069
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1885
Date - 1880s - 1886
Date - 1880s - 1887
Date - 1880s - 1888
Date - 1880s - 1889
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Prohibition and temperance
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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