Resolutions of the friends of temperance of Guilford County
Subtitle: passed July fouth [sic], 1854
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Temperance; Societies; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Liquor laws; Politics and government
Other titles: Resolutions of the friends of temperance of Guilford County : passed July fourth, 1854; People of Guilford, read this!; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Resolutions passed by members of the Friends of Temperance: to encourage people to abandon voluntarily intoxicating drinks; to work for legislation to prevent the County Court from issuing licenses to sell liquor in any quantity unless by petition of a majority of the voters in an area; and to propose  for the legislature candidates who support temperance. This is signed by P. Adams, Pres., and D.P. Gregg, Secy. Included is a motion to nominate Isaac Thacker, Esqr., E.W. Ogburn, Esqr., and Dr. Shubal G. Coffin as candidates to serve in the House of Commons of North Carolina in the next legislature, to work towards the friends of temperance goals.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed January 31, 2003)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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