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Temperance -- New York (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Abijah Beckwith papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064918901]
Identifier: 2513
Scope and content A combined notebook and scrapbook, kept by Beckwith for his grandson and namesake, contains his handwritten histories of himself and his forefathers, including his account of soldiering at Sackett's Harbor in the War of 1812; political opinions, including a long essay entitled "Our Nation, Slavery: Its Worst Evil," describing slavery in the United States, the public attitude towards the Fugitive Slave Law, and national excitement over the Compromises of 1820 and 1850 and documenting...
Dates: 1847-1977.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Abijah Beckwith papers

Eastern New York State miscellany

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064937604]
Identifier: 1066
Scope and content Pamphlets on legal, social, and commercial matters, published in cities including Albany, Utica, and New York City. Included are the Annual address delivered before the Medical Society of the State of New York by Laurens Hull (Albany, 1840); An introductory address to the course of lectures, before the Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement in the City of Albany, by Thomas E. Vermilye (Albany, 1837); the Second annual report of the New-York State Society for the Promotion of...
Dates: 1830-1896.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Eastern New York State miscellany

Emma Koberg, collector, letters

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6001
Abstract

Forty-one letters concerning the Sons of Temperance, religious activities, legal actions, family matters, 1848 Democratic State Convention, a Revolutionary War widow's pension, a petition for a government post for a physician, and complaints about a bequest. Correspondents include John F. Graham, Jno. H. Redington, Aaron Vanderpool, and Erastus Corning.

Dates: 1822-1852.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Emma Koberg, collector, letters

New York State miscellany

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938560]
Identifier: 397
Scope and content Approximately 50 items including Indentures, receipts, letters, a school attendance register, and a membership badge, from various places in New York State. Letters include a circular signed by William Randolph Hearst, eliciting support for his candidacy for Governor (dated 1906), and two letters on House of Representatives letterhead, from Congressman J. W. Dwight to John Kelly, concerning how to obtain an appointment to a position (1880). Indentures include a document selling land in...
Dates: 1804-1921.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / New York State miscellany

Temperance envelopes

 Collection — Manuscript box 27 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065245460]
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.

Dates: circa 1851-1887.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Temperance envelopes

William T. Doty papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 751
Abstract

William T. Doty (1847-1936) was born in Sussex County, New Jersey. The William T. Doty papers (1842-1945, bulk 1864-1934) document William T. Doty’s career as a newspaper editor, journalist, agriculturist, historian, and politician. It contains manuscripts, notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, press releases, diaries, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera.

Dates: 1842 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1934
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / William T. Doty papers

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