Caldwell Young People's Temperance Society record book, 1834-1836.

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Caldwell Young People's Temperance Society record book, 1834-1836.

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This collection consists of the constitution of the Society and its membership lists, both male and female. Also included are notes from all meetings from 1834 through 1836, including information pertaining to officer elections, constitutional modifications, and announcements. Society Presidents as noted in the minutes include: Samuel Crane, Rufus. L. Harrison, Caleb Baldwin, William Gould, John D. Crane, Asher Crane, and Amos C. Crane.

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Mills, Ralph H., Mrs,

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Caldwell Young People's Temperance Society (N.J.)

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By the early 19th century, consumption of alcohol was viewed in some quarters as a national problem, and an increased campaign against alcohol consumption began. In 1826, the National Temperance Society was born, followed six years later by the States Temperance Union. Out of this movement came the Caldwell Township Temperance Society, and its auxiliary, the Caldwell Young People's Temperance Society, founded in 1834. From the description of Caldwell Young People's Temperance Society...

Baldwin, Caleb, fl. 1834.

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Gould, Amos C., fl. 1835.

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Crane, John D., fl. 1835.

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Crane, Asher, fl. 1835.

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Crane, Samuel, fl. 1834.

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Caldwell Academy (N.J.)

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Gould, William Benjamin, 1837-1923

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William Benjamin Gould (November 18, 1837 – May 25, 1923) was a former enslaved person and veteran of the American Civil War, serving in the U.S. Navy. His diary is one of only a few written during the Civil War by a formerly enslaved person that has survived, and the only by a formerly enslaved sailor. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina to an enslaved woman, Elizabeth "Betsy" Moore, and Alexander Gould, an English-born resident of Granville County, NC. He was enslaved by Nicholas Nixon, ...

Harrison, Rufus L., fl. 1834.

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