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Gerrit Smith on temperance. To the thoughtful and candid of the County of Madison., 8 March 1871
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Gerrit Smith on temperance. To the thoughtful and candid of the County of Madison., 8 March 1871.
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Smith, a politician from New York, served as a U.S. Representative from 1853-1854. He was a noted philanthropist and social reformer active in anti-slavery campaigns and women's rights.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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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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American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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English
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March 18, 2024
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American history module 1
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