Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Letter from Gerrit Smith on temperance. To the thoughful and candid of the County of Madison.

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Type
Letters
Date
March 8, 1871
Author/Creator
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Title
Letter from Gerrit Smith on temperance. To the thoughful and candid of the County of Madison.
Place Written
Peterboro, New York
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Discusses a local election, which was won by the Anti-dramshop ticket. Still feels despondent, writing: "Nothing, however, at the present time, stands so much in the way of the success of the cause of temperance as the fear cherished by tens of thousands of good men that quitting the Republican for the Anti-dramshop party would result in throwing the nation into the hands of the Democratic party..."

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