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In this letter, A. T. Biggs of Lincoln, Kansas, is anxious for Kansas Governor St. John to set a visitation date to promote prohibition, emphasizing "so many are on the fence we want you to....punch them off on the right side". A. T. Biggs was president of the Temperance Union but also the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Lincoln County.
Creator: Biggs, A. T.
Date: May 07, 1880
Item Number: 228415
Call Number: Governor's Office, St. John, Correspondence Received-Subject File, Box 20
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228415
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Vice - Alcohol use
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 - Lincoln
Places - Cities and towns - Lincoln Center
Places - Counties - Lincoln
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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