I'm not sure it is relevant or what you want. But there certainly are four
good sources of information on Temperance literature: (1) Bill Pittman who
has specialized in this field. (2) Brown University where Charlie Bishop
dumped heaps of anti-saloon league and other pamphlets in the so-called
Chester Kirk collection. (3) Charlie Bishop of the Bishop of Books in West
Virginia since he was an "antiquarian" bookseller and collector of such
matters. (4) The Griffith House Library at the Wilson House in East Dorset,
Vermont to which several of my benefactors and I donated whatever we had on
the temperance arena. Dick B.

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Subject: Re: 19th Century Temperance Periodicals

Lisa, Some if not much of the local content had regional or national
circulation as editors freely copied whatever they wanted from other
papers. A paragraph in a local Ohio temperance paper might be copied
from a New York paper. Or it might get copied into a New York paper.
For part of the century - how much I'm not sure - newspapers could
exchange copies through the mail without paying postage. So local
papers could travel anywhere and everywhere. Also many editors had a
bad reputation for copying material and not crediting the original
source. A poem on the front page of an Ohio temperance paper might
look like original content but actually be copied from another paper.
Or from Mrs. Sigourney's Works. That doesn't answer your question, I
know, but it's something to consider as you look for an answer to
your question. Jon

>Hello ATHG,
>
>There were quite a few Temperance periodicals in the 19th century in
>America and Great Britain, but I'm sure many of them were mainly
>distributed locally. Do you know which periodicals were distributed
>nationally? I would appreciate any information you could provide.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Lisa Hinton