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Mary Valentine to Governor John St. John

Date: January 26, 1880

Mary Valentine of Leavenworth, Kansas, thanks Kansas Governor St. John for his timely and positive response to her invitation to speak to their temperance union.

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E.N. Ruddock to Governor John St. John

Date: January 30, 1880

Speareville, Kansas citizen E.N. Ruddock, expresses concern that a letter from Kansas Governor St. John to him, may have perished in a Hodgeman Center post office fire.

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J.M. Miller to Governor John St. John

Date: January 27, 1880

Referring to the ensuing “Battle of Prohibition”, J.M. Miller urges Kansas Governor St. John to address the people of his community on temperance.

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Cordelia Froetschner, Kinsley, Kansas

Date: September 28, 2009

These letters and photographs of Cordelia Froetschner were shared as part of an oral history project entitled “Patchwork of Dependency: The Effects of WWII on Edwards County, Kansas” conducted by…

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M.L. McClenahan to Governor John St. John

Date: January 20, 1880

M.L. McClenahan of Arkansas City, Kansas, sends Kansas Governor St. John a list of 61 signatures from the Ladies Temperance Society, affirming their stand against intemperance and pledging their support…

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Annie Kennedy to Governor John St. John

Date: January 19, 1880

From New Brighton, Pennsylvania, comes a plea from Annie Kennedy for Kansas Governor St. John to visit her city and speak on temperance. Kennedy also lauds the efforts of temperance…

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J.B. Brodnix to Governor John St. John

Date: January 20, 1880

Attorney J.B. Brodnix of Harper, Kansas, asks the Kansas Governor for information relative to the Maine Temperance Law, in preparation for his debate with an anti-temperance opponent.

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Our Father

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

This is a biography of Jefferson Greene Porterfield. Included in the biography is a personal reminiscence of his participation in the Civil War. Porterfield was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky,…