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John B. Gough Letters
A description of his letters at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: LMD
Date: 21 Apr 2010
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Finding aid created by: LMD
Date: 21 Apr 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886 |
| Title: | John B. Gough Letters |
| Dates: | 1844-1879 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Business and personal correspondence of the lecturer and temperance reformer. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
John Bartholomew Gough (1817-1886) was an English lecturer and temperance reformer. Originally born in Kent, England, he immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 12. He was a drunkard as a young man, but reformed himself after attending a temperance meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1842. He then began a career as a temperance lecturer, traveling throughout American, Canada and the British Isles. He was one of the most famous public speakers of the late 19th century.
The John G. Gough Letters contains outgoing personal and business correspondence of Gough. The 20 handwritten letters span the years of 1844 to 1879. Many are addressed to Gough's friends or his wife Mary, while others respond to requests for Gough's services as a lecturer. The letters were sent from a variety of places in America, Scotland and England, although most were sent from Gough's home of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Items are in chronological order.
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Persons
Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886.
Subjects
Temperance -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County -- History.
Temperance -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Places
Worcester (Mass.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Lecturers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John B. Gough Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Correspondence
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| SC 460 | 1844-1879 | ||||||||||