Reference code
IE CA FM RES/9/1
Title
Total Abstinence Society Pledge Cards
Date(s)
- 1830-1864 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
19 items; Printed with manuscript additions and annotations
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
The sub-series contains a collection of original Total Abstinence Society pledge cards. Most of the cards are signed by the pledge-taker and by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The cards were decorated with various temperance symbols and vignettes. An illustration on one side of the cards depicted a scene warning of the dangers of intemperance – a man driven by alcohol to beat his wife. Another illustration showed a scene of temperance – a happy family reading together by the hearth. The cards are listed in chronological order.