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Title: Two Decades
A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York

Author: Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. Gardenier

Release Date: March 13, 2007 [eBook #20811]

Language: English

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1874-1894.

TWO DECADES:

A History
of the
First Twenty Years' Work
of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of the State of New York.

by

FRANCES W. GRAHAM, LOCKPORT.

and

GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER, OSWEGO.

Written by Request of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the State Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Held at Syracuse in October, 1893

[Illustration: BAPTIST CHURCH AT FREDONIA, N.Y.
"In which the first Crusade meeting was held."]

PREFACE BY MARY TOWNE BURT.

GREETING.

This little volume now starts upon its way to visit the homes of those
who, with us, desire above all things the overthrow of the liquor
traffic. When it knocks at your door, kindly admit it and treat it as a
welcome guest--a loved friend; remain blind to its faults, and see only
the good intended.

We send it forth, not for its literary merit, not for any honor to
ourselves, but as a faithful record of the work accomplished by the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York during the
two decades just closed. It was written at your request, and it is
yours, not ours. That it may be of benefit to the work and a pleasure to
the workers is all we ask. We commend it to you with earnest prayers and
best wishes.

FRANCES W. GRAHAM.

GEO