Collection: Dublin, Indiana, Good Templars Lodge Book

Scope and Contents

The date of the organization of the Dublin lodge is unknown. Since this record book makes reference to earlier meetings, it was before 1863. Andrew W. Young's 1872 History of Wayne County, Indiana, noted in its sketch of Dublin that: "The cause of Temperance here found an early and powerful support. Its friendly, by united and persevering effort, succedeed in putting an end to the liquor traffic. Drunkards are not made in Dublin. There is not a drinking saloon in it."

Dates

1863-1868

Biographical or Historical Information

The Good Templars was an international temperance organization, formed at Utica, New York, in 1851, and eventually expanding throughout North America and Western Europe. Including both men and women, its goal was the elimination of alcohol abuse through total abstinence.

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