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The Origins of the Temperance Movement: a Reinterpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

James R. Rohrer
James R. Rohrer
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Department of History at Ohio State University
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , August 1990 , pp. 228 - 235
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13 Ibid. This theme emerges in every primary source consulted.

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16 Nettleton first clearly tied abstinence to conversion in 1822. After 1826 his views were reprinted widely by evangelical editors. See, for example, Western Intelligencer, 12 03 1829.Google Scholar

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