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Temperance envelopes

Collection — manuscript box: 27 - folder 1

Identifier: 763m

Scope and content

Letter envelopes mainly bearing temperance images and messages, such as "Intemperance is the bane of society" and "A school-house on every hill-top and no saloon in the valley." Three of the envelopes contain messages in support of "the Maine liquor law," and one calls for the prohibition of liquor. One envelope advocates for cheap inland and ocean postage. The envelopes are addressed by hand to residents of towns in central New York, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.