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Logan County Petition, 1854 January 18

 Item — Map Cabinet: 2, Drawer: 2, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Place of Publication: Logan County
Index Card Notes: To the legislature of Virginia. Your petitioners, voters of the county of Logan, respectfully represent--that they feel themselves, and consider all the people of Virginia, aggrieved and injured by the traffic in spirits...Liquors:...Your petitioners pray your honorable body to enact a law, prohibiting within this commonwealth the sale or barter of any intoxicating liquor...and with a further provision that the law shall not take effect until it shall have been submitted to the voters of Va. at the polls...etc. Xerox Copy Purchase. Va. State Library 10/29/74

Subject(s): Prohibition.

Dates

  • Creation: 1854 January 18

Repository Details

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