‘The Pamphlet War’ Talk with Carolyn Ravenscroft

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Discover one of Duxbury’s most dramatic public feuds when DRHS Archivist and Historian Carolyn Ravenscroft presents The Pamphlet War of 1851 at the Drew Archival Library. What began as an invitation for shipbuilder and politician Gershom Bradford Weston to speak at a temperance fundraiser at the First Parish Church quickly unraveled into a storm of accusations and printed pamphlets that divided the town, exposing simmering tensions that had existed for decades.

Thursday, March 26 at 5:30pm

Drew Archival Library, 147 St. George Street

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‘The Pamphlet War’ Talk with Carolyn Ravenscroft
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Location

Drew Archival Library, 147 St. George Street

Date & Time

March 26, 2026 05:30 PM

Discover one of Duxbury’s most dramatic public feuds when DRHS Archivist and Historian Carolyn Ravenscroft presents The Pamphlet War of 1851 at the Drew Archival Library. What began as an invitation for shipbuilder and politician Gershom Bradford Weston to speak at a temperance fundraiser at the First Parish Church quickly unraveled into a storm of accusations…