Good Morning Lisa,

The Journal of the American Temperance Union (1837-1865) carried reports
from all member societies and therefore included "matters of interest,"
such as annual reports from the Maryland State Temperance Society. This
has been a tremendous help to me in putting together the temperance
story in Maryland as some of these reports are missing issues here at
the local level. Look also at the Letters to the Editor for your area's
response to national issues such as license laws and prohibition. The
publication is available on microfilm. Hope this helps.

Best,

Patricia Anderson
Maryland Historical Society 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick B [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:49 PM
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Subject: Re: 19th Century Temperance Periodicals

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.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alcohol and Temperance History Group
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Miller
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 3:42 PM
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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