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Night Lettergram to John E. Raker from California Hop Growers

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Night Lettergram to John E. Raker from California Hop Growers

Night Lettergram to John E. Raker from California Hop Growers (ARC Identifier: 595308); Series: Petitions and Memorials, 1813 - 1968; Committee on the Judiciary; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2005; Record Group 233; National Archives.

Received April 28, 1917, this telegram was sent from the California Hop Growers Association, in protest of a proposed wartime ban on brewing beer.
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