New Bedford Total Abstinence Society

Scope and Contents The first 19 pages of the ledger were used to record the business of the Total Abstinence Society. The last 40 pages (pages 321-360) list, in alphabetical order, all those individuals who signed the constitution, which is in effect a list of members. The remainder of the ledger records receipts from the law practice of Robert C. Pitman, and later, Pitman and Borden. The receipts appear to be limited to a record of money received from pension applications due to Civil War veterans and...