Report of the Shepherdstown T. A. Society

Report of the Shepherdstown T. A. Society
The Temperance Total Abstinence Society of Shepherdstown, was organzied on the 15th day of August 1823 [third digit unclear], at which time it was composed of 16 members. Since then, from the exertion and perseverance of its few members, it has increased to the number of Four hundred and nineteen members.

At the time of its organization, there was in the town and immediate neighborhood, eight distilleries and twenty retailers of ardent spirits. At this time there is not one distillery in the neighborhood, and the retailers of ardent spirits, including the taverns, are reduced to the number of five.

A. HUMRICKHOUSE.
Shepherdstown, Jan 1st, 1844.

The above report was mislaid at the annual convention at Harpers-Ferry, or it would have been reported at that meeting.