The temperance movement began in the early 1800s and by 1833, there were 6,000 local societies in the United States. Rowe, Massachusetts, held a meeting of their temperance society on July 4, 1835. This article reports that there were few, if any, intemperate people in town because there had been no tavern there for the past 30 years. Greenfield also held a meeting on July 4. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827, to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald. “Temperance Meeting.” July 7, 1835. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-032/. Accessed on January 2, 2025.
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