Description: REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY, FOR DISCOURAGING THE USE OF ARDENT SPIRITS, TO EXAMINE AND REPORT WHAT AMENDMENTS OUGHT TO BE MADE IN THE LAWS OF THE SAID STATE, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND IMMORALITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE AGAINST GAMING Author: [Temperance] Doran, Joseph M., John Goodman, and L.P. Gebhard, M.D. Title: REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY, FOR DISCOURAGING THE USE OF ARDENT SPIRITS, TO EXAMINE AND REPORT WHAT AMENDMENTS OUGHT TO BE MADE IN THE LAWS OF THE SAID STATE, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE AND IMMORALITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE AGAINST GAMING Publication: Philadelphia: Atkinson & Alexander, 1828 Description: This report also addresses violations of the Sabbath, with the recommendation that those "drinking and tippling on the first day of week" by committed to the stocks. "The Pennsylvania Society for Discouraging the Use of Ardent Spirits changed its name in 1834 to the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, and upon the resignation of Roberts Vaux, elected to the presidency Dr. Philip Syng Physic, 'the father of American surgery'" (from "Temperance and the Evangelical Churches" by Othniel A. Pendleton, Jr. in the March, 1947 issue of the Journal of Presbyterian Historical Society). Octavo: 17 p. Disbound. Light toning; else a fairly clean example, labeled "Huntington Library duplicate" in pencil on the rear panel. Seller ID: 77021 Subject: Drugs and Alcohol Established in 1981, Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources. Our bricks and mortar location in downtown Covina, The Book Shop, is located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. As proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), we uphold our association's code of ethics. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Temperance] Doran, Joseph M., John Goodman, and L.P. Gebhard, M.D
Publisher: Atkinson & Alexander
Year Printed: 1828
Binding: Disbound
Language: English
Subject: Americana
