In 1834, in an address delivered before a Temperance Society in Keeseville, he was "the first man to advocate legislation to prohibit all traffic in intoxicating liquor, as a beverage."
In einer Ansprache im Jahr 1834 vor einer Temperance Society in Keeseville (New York) war er the first man to advocate legislation to prohibit all traffic in intoxicating liquor, as a beverage.