1865The Sanders Temperence Fund was started.Events & Anniversaries, Temperance

Letter announcing the intention of creating the Sanders Temperance Fund. Courtesy of Gloucester City Archives, CC156, Box 61, FF 1

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Charles Sanders bequeathed $10,000 to both Gloucester and Cambridge to establish temperance funds. The interest on the funds was to be used as salary for “a missionary in the cause of Temperance in reforming old drunkards and preventing young drunkards.” The position of Temperance Missionary was filled by various men throughout the next few decades.

Gloucester City Archives, CC156, Box 61, FF 1

Letter announcing the intention of creating the Sanders Temperance Fund. Courtesy of Gloucester City Archives, CC156, Box 61, FF 1

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Other Events

1864
Joseph Green joined the Navy during the American Civil War.
1865
Fitz Henry Lane passed away.
1865
The American Civil War ended.
1865
Frederick Douglass gave a lecture sponsored by the Lyceum entitled "The Assassination and its Lessons."

1865The Sanders Temperence Fund was started.Events & Anniversaries, Temperance

Other Events

Joseph Green joined the Navy during the American Civil War.

Fitz Henry Lane passed away.

The American Civil War ended.

Frederick Douglass gave a lecture sponsored by the Lyceum entitled "The Assassination and its Lessons."