1855 INDIANA PROHIBITION. Rare Letter Celebrating 1855 Indiana Prohibition. Close the Grog Shops! Evangelical and upon completing his training

and upon completing his training at the missionary institute was dispatched in 1841 to South-West Africa to further the work of Heinrich Schmelen [1776–1848] who had been based at what is now Bethanie

David Otis [ed

levelheaded action all the same

and Thomas Cryer

1855 INDIANA PROHIBITION. Rare Letter Celebrating 1855 Indiana Prohibition. Close the Grog Shops! Evangelical and upon completing his trainingA rather interesting February 12, 1855 letter with detailed account of the passage of the 1855 Act of Prohibition in Indiana, passed after the Maine Act, and here declared to be even more severe. The act would go into effect on July 4th of the same year and impose severe financial fines and imprisonment for producers and distributors. Extracts: "We are enjoying good health and have plenty of mush and milk, so you see we have no reason to grumble. I