Friends Temperance Union (New York, N.Y.)

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The Friends Temperance Union of New York was a Quaker organization founded in 1876 which promoted abstinence from all alcohol. Prominent members, primarily from New York City, included Joseph A. Bogardus, Rachel W. Underhill, Thomas E. Skinner, George T. Capron, Jacob Capron, Jonah L. Rees, William M. Jackson, Anna Rice Powell, and Aaron M. Powell. The Friends Temperance Union of New York ceased to meet after May 1898, and remaining funds were disbursed in 1905.

From the description of Records, 1876-1905. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 48771130

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