Item #39763 1882. THE WOMEN'S PETITION TO THE VOTERS OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, BELIEVING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS TO BE A GREAT INJURY TO OUR CITIZENS, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS OF MANY HOMES, EARNESTLY REQUEST YOU TO VOTE "NO LICENSE," AT THE COMING OCTOBER TOWN MEETING. Women and Prohibition.

1882. THE WOMEN'S PETITION TO THE VOTERS OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, BELIEVING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS TO BE A GREAT INJURY TO OUR CITIZENS, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS OF MANY HOMES, EARNESTLY REQUEST YOU TO VOTE "NO LICENSE," AT THE COMING OCTOBER TOWN MEETING.

[Middletown: 1882]. Elephant folio broadside, 15-7/8" x 22." Beneath the quoted title, eight columns of printed women's names, each column containing about one hundred names. Old folds, shallow blank margin tear. Very Good.

Beneath the lists of names is the announcement: "A COUNTY TEMPERANCE CONVENTION! Will be held in the large Dining Hall at FENWICK, This Week SATURDAY, Sept. 30, 1882." Transportation instructions are printed.
Not located on OCLC as of December 2023, or online sites of AAS, Yale, Item #39763

Price: $450.00

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