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The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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From 1918 to 1933, concerned citizens and interest groups wrote to the government to offer suggestions and to express their views on prohibition and its enforcement.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture.
National Archives Identifier: 6857712
Full Citation: Letter from J. O. Robertson to Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture Asking that Farmers be Given the Right to Manufacture Grain Alcohol to Run Automobiles; 8/04/1922; Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, Record Group 16. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/letter-from-j-o-robertson-to-henry-c-wallace-secretary-of-agriculture-asking-that-farmers-be-given-the-right-to-manufacture-grain-alcohol-to-run-automobiles/, August 25, 2026]
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