American Prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897) nicknamed the 'Napoleon of Temperance' and the 'Father of Prohibition.' ALS, three pages, 5.5 x 8.25, January 19, 1895. Letter "to the Editor of the Press," on the evils of alcohol and illegal liquor trafficking, entitled "Illegal Transportation," in part: "There are no alcoholic liquors manufactured in Maine…Before the Maine Law there were produced here in great quantities by our numerous distilleries…such liquors are not brought into the State in no other way than by Steam Boats, Rail Roads and Small water craft, in violation of law; and by carts and wagons from New Hampshire. The penalty for this offence was only fifty dollars (no imprisonment) which the parties engaged in this traffic did not bear…carried through our proposition that illegal transportation should be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars and one year in jail…The Chief Justice [who opposed the law] says I am crazy." In very good to fine condition, with areas of light toning, and trivial paper loss to the lower left corners.Format: ALS