Circular of the New-York State Temperance Society, to the citizens of the State
Series: Harvard College Library pamphlet digitization program
Publisher: New-York State Temperance Society
Published: 1830
Place of publication: [Albany?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Temperance; Social conditions
Other titles: Fellow Citizens, We want your aid in a great work
Notes: Caption title.

Text continues: Not your money nor your time, nor the sacrifice of any real interest. We want your names with the pledge and the influence which is attached to them. We are earnest in our application: you will therefore ask us three questions ... [p. 3] It is proposed to place a copy of this circular in the hands of every family in the state, through the agency of the County and Town Societies ... Orders for the circular can be directed to Mr. W.C. Miller, Secretary, No. 58 State-street, Albany.

Signed (printed) Reuben H. Walworth, President, followed by the names of the 7 members of the executive committee.

Below the signatures is the "Pledge" with blanks for the town and county.

Probably published 1830. Page [1] mentions, "In the early part of the present year a careful investigation was made by a committee consisting of gentlemen chosen from the ... citizens in one of the wards of the city of Albany, relative to the intemperance ..." Various statistics are cited, including, " ... there are in the city 415 licenses granted to taverns and groceries ..." The same count is listed in "Annals of Albany" by Joel Munsell, v. 9, 1858, p. 202, in "Notes from the Newspapers" for 1830 Jan. 31: "The committee of a temperance society, after making a thorough investigation of the subject, arrived at the following statistics of intemperance in the city of Albany ..., 415 taverns and groceries ..."