1855 INDIANA PROHIBITION. Rare Letter Celebrating 1855 Indiana Prohibition. Close the Grog Shops! Evangelical David Otis [ed

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1855 INDIANA PROHIBITION. Rare Letter Celebrating 1855 Indiana Prohibition. Close the Grog Shops! Evangelical David Otis [edA 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