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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Temperance reform. (search)
Tappan and S. V. S. Wilder were prominent in it. The following is the chronology of the chief events in the temperance movement in America: First women's temperance society organized in Ohio, close of......1828 New York State and Connecticut State temperance societies organized......1829 Congressional Temperance Society organized at Washington, D. C.......Feb. 26, 1833 First national temperance convention meets at Philadelphia; 440 delegates from twenty-two States......May 24-27, 1833 Order of Sons of Temperance organized in New York......Sept. 29, 1842 John B. Gough signs the pledge at Worcester, Mass......Oct. 31, 1842 Father Mathew visits the United States; arriving in New York on the Ashburton; he is welcomed at the Irving House as the guest of the city......July 2, 1849 Maine liquor law passed......June 2, 1851 Order of Good Templars formed in New York State......1851 Father Mathew sails from Philadelphia on the Pacific for Ireland after an extende
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 11: first mission to England.—1833. (search)
s, and he hastened to present himself at the home of James Cropper. But Cropper, like a true soldier, was on the battle-field, having charged his sons to receive his American guest, which they did with great cordiality, introducing him to several worthy 2d Annual Report N. E. A. S. S., p. 32. friends, of both sexes, all of whom hailed his visit as singularly providential. Some four days were spent in the city, of which Mr. Garrison gives his impressions in a manuscript fragment dated May 27, 1833: The population of Liverpool, including its suburbs, is about as large as that of New York. I have had but a cursory view of the place, and shall therefore avoid entering into the minute in my descriptions. Let this suffice: it is bustling, prosperous, and great. I would not, however, choose it as a place of residence. It wears strictly a commercial aspect; and you well know there is nothing of trade or barter in my disposition. Indeed, nothing surprises me so much on approach