>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:39:56 +1100
>From: STEPHEN DUE <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: FW: Research question
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Original-recipient: rfc822;[log in to unmask]
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>Dear David Fahey,
>
>I am looking for information about the temperance career of Dr.C.B.M.Syder
>in London in the late 1830s and early 1840s. Professor Prestwich, who I do
>not know (I obtained her address from the web), suggested you might post a
>query to the ATHG listserv regarding my interest in Dr.Syder (see
>correspondence below).
>
>I have a complete set of dr.Syder's weekly journal, the Temperance Lancet
>(1841-2), but am still hoping to find his earlier periodical, the Temperance
>Advocate and Medical Adviser (1838).
>
>Dr.Syder spoke at temperance meetings throughout England, appearing on at
>least one occasion on the platform with Father Mathew. He was reputed to be
>a Chartist, or at least to have Chartist sympathies. He frequently attacked
>the clergy and the medical profession for their failure to embrace
>teetotalism, which he saw as fundamental to the emancipation of the working
>classes, and to the health and spiritual welfare of the nation. He ran a
>temperance dispensary, and advocated medical treatment without alcohol. For
>a while in 1841-2 he was imprisoned in the Queen's Bench prison at
>Southwark, apparently for debt, and the members of temperance societies
>contributed to a fund to relieve his financial difficulties.
>
>I am looking for any records relating to these matters, especially his
>involvement with temperance or political organisations, and his addresses to
>temperance meetings.
>
>Yours Sincerely,
>
>Stephen Due
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, 25 September 2000 11:16 AM
>To: STEPHEN DUE
>Subject: Re: Research question
>
>
>Dear Mr Due,  I'm sorry to take so long to reply to your interesting
>question. (It's the start of the university term here.)  I don't have that
>specialized knowledge, but I suspect that someone in our Group might.  I
>think this is a question for the ATHG listserv.  The owner is David Fahey
>and if you contact him, he can put it on the listserv. His address is:
>faheydm@ muohio.edu   Good luck. Pat Prestwich
>
>
>
> >Dear Professor Prestwich,
> >
> >This request may sound a little far-fetched. I am searching for information
> >about Dr.C.B.M.Syder (1797-1871) of London, an early campaigner for
> >temperance from a medical standpoint. He published his own journal in the
> >1840s (Temperance Lancet), as well as starting a temperance society and
> >temperance dispensary. I am writing a biography of Dr.Syder, but need to
> >know more about his temperance activities. I wonder whether you are able to
> >put me in touch with anyone in London who might be knowledgeable about
> >temperance organisations in the city in the late 1830s and early 1840s?
> >
> >Yours Sincerely,
> >
> >Stephen Due,
> >Chief Librarian
> >Barwon Health
> >
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