The National Temperance Society and Publishing House was a publishing house which advocated personal alcohol temperance and a governmental ban on the personal consumption of alcohol.
It was founded in 1865 following a two-day, non-denominational conference of temperance advocates Saratoga Springs, New York.
Among its founders were William E. Dodge, Neal Dow and James Black.
[2] During its first 60 years, it published over a billion pages of literature in support of the temperance movement.
The Society also published over 2,000 books and pamphlets in addition to textbooks, posters and flyers.