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| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | Half plate daguerreotype of E. Harwood, Dr. William Brisbane, and Levi Coffin, sitting in a row. |
| Temperance Lecturer, Abolitionist and Newspaper Editor |
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| Biography of temperance lecturer, abolitionist and newspaper editor Sherman Miller Booth. |
| Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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| Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
| A Popular Speaker Sways Opinion |
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| Discover the connection between P.T. Barnum and the 1853 statewide referendum on liquor sales. |
| A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman |
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| Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights. |
| Temperance, Abolition and Utopian Communities |
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| Discovery how early Americans founded the abolition and temperance movements to help increase morality |
| Read about the brewing industry, the temperance movement, and the effects of prohibition in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | A certificate acknowledging the admission of Frederick Beermein to Sons of Temperance. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | A certificate declaring the admission of U. P. Olin into the Independent Order of Good Templars. |
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