THE

Temperance Reformation:

ITS HISTORY,

FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF

THE FIRST TEMPERANCE SOCIETY

TO THE ADOPTION OF THE

LIQUOR LAW OF MAINE, 1851;

AND THE CONSEQUENT

INFLUENCE OF THE PROMULGATION OF THAT LAW

ON THE

POLITICAL INTEREST OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 1852.

BY REV. LEBBEUS ARMSTRONG,

A MEMBER OF THE PIONEER TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATION, IN 1808, AND AN HON-

ORARY MEMBER OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE.