Francis Murphy (1836-1907)
Francis Murphy, born in Ireland, was a temperance reformer. In 1870 Murphy was jailed for a drunken assault. Cyrus Sturdevant, a ship's captain, visited him in his cell and Murphy signed a total-abstinence pledge. Murphy began lecturing on temperance all across North America and Great Britain. In all he obtained 12,000,000 signatures to his pledge.
- Date:
- 1870 circa 5 years
- Original Format:
- Carte de Visite
- Item#:
- MES19121
- Photographer:
- Evans
- Height:
- 1237px
- Width:
- 740px
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