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Book Condition: Used Very good
Seller: Kurt A. Sanftleben, LLC

United States
About Item: A number of the International Order of Good Templars' female members, including Elisabeth B. Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Frances Willard, became leaders in other temperance, suffrage, and abolitionist organizations. Columbus, Ohio: M. C. Lilley & Co, 1890. This advertising package consists of an illustrated advertising envelope, an illustrated handbill, and a 32-page illustrated catalog. The envelope is franked with a 1c blue Franklin stamp (Scott #219) which was placed in use in 1890; its cancellation is indistinct. All are in nice shape. The International Order of Good Templars (I.O.G.T) was established in 1851 as a temperance organization pledged to total abstinence from alcohol. Like many fraternal organizations of its time, the I.O.G.T.'s structure was modeled on Freemasonry and used similar rituals and regalia. However, unlike almost all 19th century fraternal organizations, from its inception, the I.O.G.T. admitted men and women equally, and it also admitted members of any race. It grew… Read More
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