Washington Total Abstinence Pledge Key to Health and Family
In Augusta on March 2 1844 the Washingtonian group signs a pledge renouncing spirits malt liquors wine and cider for mutual benefit and to guard health standing and families. Editorial committee members listed include Rev W T Brantry Dr F a4 Rostatan W J Hann Dr D Hoor C3 Dov 8 T Chapman Esq Geo F Pence James Harper Esq Col Joan Mitteper. Also notes on postmasters sending subscriptions and a brief remark on blank verse and numbers.
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W. T. Brantry
F. A4
RostaTson
W.J. Hann
D. Hoor
T. Chapman
Geo. F. Pence
James Harper
Joan Mitteper
The
Washingtonian
The Reformed Drunkard's Daughter and the Grog Sellers
The piece extols a temperance publication The Reformed Drunkard's Daughter by the American Temperance Union 1844 and discusses Washingtonian enthusiasm versus steady principle. It targets Greg Sellers as a grog seller and mocks his trade while urging moral reform and accountability under divine judgment.
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Hannah Hawkins
American Temperance Union
N. York
John H. W. Hawkins
Rankine
Washingtonians Courage Forward in Dark Hours
The text urges courage and perseverance among Washingtonians to defend their name and achieve final conquest. It calls readers to remain hopeful and united despite despairing hours and to press forward with determination.
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Washingtonians
Gardening grafting and agricultural reform letters
Augusta Georgia letter emphasizes grafting to propagate favored fruit varieties and adapt trees to soil conditions. It notes benefits for orchards and forests, cites quince and apple grafting, and mentions disease resistance and local fruit species. The writer hopes to continue the subject and cites London’s Encyclopaedia.
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Messrs
London
Encyclopaedia
Augusta, Ga. W
Impressions and opinions in juror mindset examined
The passage argues that jurors form opinions from initial impressions and then weigh competing statements from witnesses. It contends that saying one has formed an opinion while acknowledging only one side shows perjury, and stresses jurors' moral duty to truth in criminal trials.
Ravages of Intemperance by Edward Averett
A discourse on intemperance as the greatest evil affecting humanity revealing a view of life as a union of body and mind. The speaker marvels at the Divine design in linking intellect to matter and the mystery of thoughts taking form in the material world.
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Edward Averett
The Sin of Intemperance and Its Deathly Toll
A moral warning on intemperance arguing it perverts Providence gifts of food and drink into vice. It describes physical decay, ruined health, and the wreck of property and family, ending with the destruction of body and soul.
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Iran
Reflect Upon This Temperance Assertion From Gov Briggs
Governor Briggs of Massachusetts touts that in eighty towns about thirteen thousand drunkards have been restored to sobriety through Welingtonian effort. He urges readers to recognize the lasting value and feasibility of the movement and its demonstrated success against intemperance.
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Gov. Briggs
Massachusetts
Boston State House
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