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Showing posts with label Temperance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Temperance. Show all posts
Thursday, December 30, 2021

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: August 20, 1864

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THE CHRISTIAN AND SANITARY COMMISSIONS. I have read a great deal in the papers of the Christian and Sanitary commissions, of the noble and...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Dr. Seth Rogers to his Daughter, January 9, 1863

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January 9, 1863. This morning, the adjutant and I, with eight oarsmen, went down to Hilton Head in our surf boat. The distance cannot b...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: April 16, 1865

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Reveille at 4 A. M. with orders to move at 6. Orders countermanded on account of no rations. Went to sutler's and got cheese, buttermil...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Nathaniel P. Rogers to William Lloyd Garrison, November 17, 1834

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PLYMoUTH, N. H ., Nov. 17, 1834. DEAR GARRIsoN — We were highly animated Thursday, the 13th, at a stage arrival in our little village, ...
Sunday, December 9, 2018

Samuel Gridley Howe to Senator Charles Sumner, Thursday Evening, January 10, 1852

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Boston, Thursday eve., January 10th, 1852. My Dear Sumner : — I have a welcome line from you to-day; the first for several days; thank...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Charles Sumner to Gerrit Smith, August 9, 1854

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Washington , 9th Aug., '54. My Dear Friend —Your speech on temperance has made a convert in Francis Markoe, Esq., of the State Depa...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Gerrit Smith: The True Office of Civil Government, April 14, 1851

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[Delivered at Troy, New York, April 14, 1851.] The legitimate action of Civil Government is very simple. Its legitimate range is very n...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, July 10, 1862

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Flat Top Mountain , July 10, 1862. Dear Mother : — I think you would enjoy being here. We have a fine cool breeze during the day; an ex...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Frederick Douglass to Rev. Samuel Hanson Cox, October 30, 1846

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SALISBURY ROAD, EDINBURGH, Oct. 30, 1846. Samuel Hanson Cox , D. D.: SIR—I have two objects in addressing you at this time. The first...