Sons of Temperance records, 1846-1860.

Sons of Temperance of North America. Montauk Division, No. 132 (Sag Harbor, N.Y.)

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Local division of the Sons of Temperance; parent organization established Sep. 29, 1842 in New York City as a fraternal and benevolent association that espoused total abstinance; organized into National Division with jurisdiction over North America, Grand Divisions with jurisdiction over states or provinces, and Subordinate Divisions with local jurisdictions. The Montauk Division was a subdivision of the Grand Division of Eastern New-York. From the description of Sons of Temperance r...

Dean, Phineas.

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Sons of Temperance of North America. Grand Division of Eastern New York.

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In colonial New York, only a small number of almshouse infirmaries existed to care for the sick, while the mentally ill were usually imprisoned or placed in poorhouses. It was not until the early to mid-19th century, when the New York City area's dependent and poor population increased dramatically, that hospitals and other health services organizations, such as homeopaths and maternity wards, readily began to emerge. In Brooklyn specifically, the earliest hospitals included the Kin...

Cooke, Luther D.

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Eldridge, James N.

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Schellinger, D. W.

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Gardiner, Adrian

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