Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Litchfield county, Conn.” in alphabetic letter T, entry group 2, entry temperance-societies of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
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The Bishop of Quebec went to France in 1678, and obtained a royal decree prohibiting the traffic under heavy penalties.
The first modern temperance society was formed in 1789 by 200 farmers of Litchfield county, Conn. , who agreed not to use any distilled liquor in doing their farmwork the ensuing season.
Organized societies of a similar kind began to be formed in 1811, and in 1826 the first public temperance so...
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