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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 To the people of the town of Smithfield

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04717.58 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: Peterboro, New York Type: Printed letter Date: 15 March 1843 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Smith writes "At the recent Town Meeting, you again refused to elect men for Commissioners of Excise, who are willing to license dram-selling. You did right... dram-drinking is morally wrong."

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Government and Civics
Election
Reform Movement
Taxes or Taxation
Alcohol
Temperance and Prohibition
Morality and Ethics
Age of Jackson

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