All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 2 Topic 3 Alcoholism 2 Political and social views 2 Temperance 2 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 2 Genre 2 Notes 2 Lists (document genres) 1 Subject 3 Alcoholism 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Political and social views 2 Temperance 2 Edward Hitchcock notes on motives for temperance Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Incomplete notes by Edward Hitchcock listing different motives for living a temperate life and providing explanations for those motives. The first item in the list is missing and part of the second reason listed is illegible. Hitchcock claims that chemistry, physiology, morality, and religion all favor temperance, that practicing temperance sets a good example, and that abstaining from alcohol increases happiness. Edward Hitchcock notes on motives for temperance Edward Hitchcock notes on drunkenness Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 Notes by Edward Hitchcock positing that the blame for drunkenness should lay on those who overindulge rather than on the existence of liquors. He likens liquor to fire and poison, claiming that people use them in appropriate ways and not for their own destruction. He says drunkenness and damage resulting from it is the fault of those who cannot control their drinking, not the fault of drink itself. On the verso is some crossed out writing that appears to be about Franklin County and the town of Deerfield. Edward Hitchcock notes on drunkenness
