TEMPERANCE

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Cooley, James E.:

REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL PIERCE. ANTI - NEBRASKA, ANTI - ADMINISTRATION AND ANTI - RUM PLATFORM. SPEECH OF HON. JAMES E. COOLEY, AT A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY, ASSEMBLED ON SATURDAY, NOV. 4TH, 1854, AT THE VILLAGE OF PATCHOGUE, IN SUFFOLK CO., L.I.

New York: John Trow, 1854. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Broken stitching, gathered signatures. Old duplicate rubberstamp, light dusting. Good+. Cooley's speech demonstrates the disruption of the Democratic Party caused by President Pierce's Kansas policy, Stephen A. Douglas's attempt to repeal the 1820 Missouri Compromise, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Cooley, a...... More

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Delavan, Edward C.:

LETTER TO GOVERNOR KING, OF N. Y.: AN APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION IN THE TEMPERANCE REFORM.

Albany: 1857. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 24pp. Wrappers lightly worn, text clean and Very Good. President of the New York State Temperance Society, Delavan hopes to enlist the newly-installed Governor King in the Cause. He cites Prohibition's correlation with reduced crime, more employee productivity, drunkards' reformation, and increased national wealth..... More

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Item #35315 THE USE OF BRANDY AND SALT, AS A REMEDY FOR VARIOUS INTERNAL AS WELL AS EXTERNAL...

Fenton, Samuel; Wm. Lee:

THE USE OF BRANDY AND SALT, AS A REMEDY FOR VARIOUS INTERNAL AS WELL AS EXTERNAL DISEASES, INFLAMMATION AND LOCAL INJURIES; CONTAINING AMPLE DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING AND APPLYING IT. EXPLAINED BY THE REV. SAMUEL FENTON, M.D., LIVERPOOL, AND WM. LEE, ESQ., OF LA PERTE IMBAULT, IN FRANCE. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.

New York: Carvill & Co., 108 Broadway, 1842. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Original printed dark blue wrappers [disbound]. Narrow extremity wear to wrappers. Else Very Good. This second American printing followed the New York 1841. Previously it had been published in Britain in 1840. Fenton's concoction is "a simple but..... More

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Item #41162 TRIAL OF HENRY G. GREEN, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. CONTAINING THE DISTRICT...

[Green, Henry G.]:

TRIAL OF HENRY G. GREEN, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. CONTAINING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OPENING, THE TESTIMONY COMPLETE, JUDGE PARKER'S CHARGE IN FULL, THE VERDICT AND SENTENCE, THE LETTER OF HIS MOTHER, TO GREEN, A POEM, SUGGESTED BY THE OCCASION.

Troy: Printed for the Publisher, 1845. Original printed wrappers with an engraved portrait of Green ["Drawn by F. A. Lydston, of Boston, now staying in this City"]. Wrappers are chipped at extremities [closed tear without loss on front wrap, rear wrapper has loss of a few words]. 48pp, each page..... More

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows:

JOURNAL OF THE R. W. ENCAMPMENT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, AT THE ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD AT ALTON, OCTOBER 13TH, AND 14TH, A.D. 1868.

Peoria, IL: Printed by N.C. Nason, 1868. [53]-87, [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Original green printed front wrapper [light edgewear, spine eroded, institutional rubberstamp], stitched. Text lightly age toned, else Very Good. This journal includes reports of the individual officers, abstracts on subordinate encampments, lists of the Grand Officers, past..... More

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[Junius] [pseud.]:

A STATEMENT OF REASONS AGAINST THE ASSUMPTION AND EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS BY THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT: WITH REMARKS INTENDED TO PROVE THAT THERE IS NO LAW IN THIS STATE, CLOTHED WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AGAINST THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS; AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SUPPRESSING THE SALE BY PENAL LAWS, WITHOUT TRANSCENDING THE POWERS, AND INVADING THE SACRED RIGHTS OF PROPERTY, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED AND GUARANTIED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: William Chadwick, Printer, 1849. Original printed brown wrappers [entitled, 'Ex Post Facto Laws by Judicial Legislation!!'], stitched. 40pp. Light wear, Very Good. Presentation inscription on front wrapper to Whiting Griswold, and addressed to him on plain rear wrapper. Griswold was from Greenfield, Massachusetts, active in public affairs, would become..... More

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Item #41757 MORNING STAR. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY D. MARKS, FOR THE FREEWILL BAPTIST CONNEXION. AND...

Marks, D[avid]:

MORNING STAR. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY D. MARKS, FOR THE FREEWILL BAPTIST CONNEXION. AND EDITED BY THE PUBLISHING COMMITTEE CHOSEN BY THEIR GENERAL CONFERENCE.

Dover, New Hampshire: 1835. Three 1835 folio issues of this Freewill Baptist newspaper: March 11, May 20, and September 23. Volume IX, Number 45; Volume X, Numbers 3 and 21. Each is four pages, each page printed in six columns. Some inner margin wear, text undisturbed. Very Good. David Marks..... More

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Item #39526 CITY OF NEW-YORK, &. ESQ; MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. TO THE SHERIFF, CONSTABLES,...

[New York City Tavern License]:

CITY OF NEW-YORK, &. ESQ; MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. TO THE SHERIFF, CONSTABLES, AND OTHER HER MAJESTYS OFFICERS WITHIN THE SAID CITY, GREETING. KNOW YE, THAT I HAVE LICENSED, AND BY THESE PRESENTS DO LISCENCE [sic] ----- OF THE CITY AFORESAID, TO SELL WINE, BEER, BRANDY, RUM, SYDER, OR ANY OTHER SORTS OF STRONG LIQUORS BY RETAIL, IN H-- HOUSE UNTIL THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH NEXT ENSUING THE DATE HEREOF, AND HAVE BOUND H-- BY RECOGNIZANCE, WITH SURETY, IN THE SUM OF TWENTY POUNDS, TO THE USE OF HER MAJESTY, THE QUEEN, THAT H- SHALL KEEP AND MAINTAIN GOOD RULE AND ORDER, AND NOT USE OF SUFFER ANY UNLAWFUL GAMES OR MEETINGS IN H-- SAID HOUSE. . . IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAME, AND CAUSED THE COMMON SEAL OF THE SAID CITY TO BE AFFIXED THE --- DAY OF --- IN THE --- YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVERAIGN LADY, ANNE, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &C. ANNOQ; DOMINI ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ---.

[New York: William Bradford, 1702-1714]. Broadside, oblong 11-1/2" x 7-1/4." Printed blank form, variety of typefaces and styles. Light wear. Blanks not filled in. Very Good. The licensed tavern keeper promises to "maintain good Rule and Order, and not use or suffer any unlawful Games or Meetings in said house..... More

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Item #41760 THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE. NO. 1. FEBRUARY, 1833. New York State...

New York State Temperance Society:

THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE. NO. 1. FEBRUARY, 1833.

Albany: Packard and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1833. Original printed and illustrated wrappers [front wrapper nearly detached; two blank margin chips on rear wrapper], stitched. 96pp. Occasional minor foxing. Very Good. With ownership signature on front wrapper, "Hon. G. Tibbits," perhaps George Tibbits [1763-1849], former Federalist New York Congressman and Mayor..... More

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New York:

STRICTURES ON GOVERNOR SEYMOUR'S VETO OF THE BILL FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF INTEMPERANCE, PASSED IN THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, MARCH 11, 1854, BY A VOTE OF 21 TO 11; AND IN THE ASSEMBLY ON THE 22D, BY A VOTE OF 84 TO 42.

New-York: American Temperance Union, 1854. 1854. 16pp, stitched. Light tan and wear, old rubberstamp number, Good+. Despite his "known character as a high-minded, honorable man" Governor Seymour vetoed a bill that would prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors. Seymour's argument that the bill constitutes an excessive governmental intrusion into private..... More

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Item #23769 LICENSE, OR NO LICENSE!!! W. W. Newell, C. Borland

[Newell, W.W. and C. Borland]:

LICENSE, OR NO LICENSE!!!

[Goshen, N. Y. Republican Print, 1846]. 12mo. Caption title [as issued]. 12pp, disbound, lightly foxed, Good+. Newell and Borland prepared this rare tract at the request of the Orange County Temperance Society. The New York Legislature had passed an Act permitting towns and cities to "determine by ballot whether the..... More

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Item #18164 SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. DECEMBER TERM, 1854. LIQUOR CASES. ARGUMENT OF CORWINE, HAYES...

Ohio:

SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. DECEMBER TERM, 1854. LIQUOR CASES. ARGUMENT OF CORWINE, HAYES & ROGERS, AS TO THE VALIDITY AND EFFECT OF THE "ACT TO PROVIDE AGAINST THE EVILS RESULTING FROM THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THE STATE OF OHIO," PASSED MAY 1ST, 1854.

Cincinnati: Porter, Thrall & Chapman, [1854]. 12pp, original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Several old rubberstamps, moderately worn. Good to Good+. This rare plaintiffs' brief argues that Ohio's Liquor Law is unconstitutional because the Legislature failed to pass the Act in accordance with prescribed procedures; and, since the..... More

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[Prohibition in Kansas]:

DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT ON THE KANSAS APPEALS, AFFIRMING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROHIBITION AND DENYING THE RIGHT OF COMPENSATION. DECEMBER 5, 1887. OFFICIAL COPY.

New York: The National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1889. Original printed wrappers [some edge and spine chipping, rear wrapper detached but present] and original staples. 36pp. Clean text. Except as noted, Very Good. In 1881 Kansas enacted a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages. Doing..... More

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Item #36667 THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNIONS OF THE...

Scott, Mary:

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNIONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. "FOR GOD, AND HOME AND NATIVE LAND."

Ottawa, Canada: February, 1890. 8pp. Stitched. Folio, with caption title. Vol. 6. No. 6. Old folds, Near Fine. The Woman's Journal was a periodical, "Published Monthly by Miss Mary Scott" of Ottawa, Canada. Its mission was Temperance: the articles focus on the evils of alcohol, troubling news about the presence..... More

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Item #18748 AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE MIDDLESEX ASSOCIATION, FOR THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE;...

Selden Jr., R.E.:

AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE MIDDLESEX ASSOCIATION, FOR THE PROMOTION OF TEMPERANCE; DELIVERED AT ESSEX, FEBRUARY 17TH, 1829.

Middletown, Conn. From the Gazette Press. By Parmelee & Greenfield, [1829]. Stitched, untrimmed and uncut. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Lightly dusted, else Very Good. FIRST EDITION. AI 40382 [2]. OCLC locates eleven. More

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Sons of Temperance:

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF BROADALBIN DIVISION, NO. 603, OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE, OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.

Johnstown [New York]: W.N. Clark, Book and Job Printer. 1850. 32pp, 4" x 6" in original printed and illustrated wrappers [moderate wear] with wrapper title [as issued]. Scattered light wear, Good+. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, NUC, OCLC [as of July 2014]. More

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Item #40184 MEDFORD N.E. RUM, MANUFACTURED ONLY BY DANIEL LAWRENCE, FOR SALE IN FRANKLIN, AT...

Spalding, Solomon:

MEDFORD N.E. RUM, MANUFACTURED ONLY BY DANIEL LAWRENCE, FOR SALE IN FRANKLIN, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY SOLOMON SPALDING, LATE OF THE FIRM OF REED & SPALDING, NASHVILLE, N.H. ALSO, ALL KINDS OF IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS. ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF WEST INDIA GOODS & GROCERIES, OF THE BEST QUALITY, FOR SALE CHEAP, AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. ALSO, J. ROGERS & CO'S. PALM LEAF BY THE BALE, BLEACHED AND SPLIT FOR BRAIDERS USE, AS CHEAP AS IT CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE SHOP.

Franklin [NH]: 1847. Folio printed Broadside, 14-5/8" x 17-1/2." Text within an ornamental border. Very Good plus. A variety of attractive type sizes and fonts. At age sixteen Spalding [1811-1902] "went to Nashua and worked in the general store of Joel Carter and later for Hugh Jameson whose interest he..... More

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Item #38195 SON OF TEMPERANCE. Temperance, James Baillie

[Temperance] Baillie, James:

SON OF TEMPERANCE.

New York: Published by James Baillie, 1848. 9-1/8" x 13-1/2." Hand-colored print by Baillie, in a wood frame. Very Good, with light dusting. "This full-length, hand-colored print depicts a young man wearing a badge on a ribbon around his neck that hangs to his waist. He is holding a scroll..... More

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Item #39561 WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, FEELING THE...

U.S.A. Temperance Union:

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, FEELING THE NECESSITY OF SOME SAFER GUARD AGAINST THE EVIL OF INTEMPERANCE SO PREVALENT AMONG US, AND BELIEVING THAT TOTAL ABSTINENCE ALONE WILL PROVE EFFECTUAL. . . I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER TO PROMOTE TEMPERANCE AMONG THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY.

Washington, D.C. McGill & Witherow, [1860s]. Attractive oblong broadside, 7" x 8-1/2." Handcolored illustration of Screaming Eagle carrying a banner, "Union & Temperance." Text, in several type styles, surrounded by decorative border. Names of officers in blue type. Very Good plus. Isaac Groff, who signs his name at the bottom..... More

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Item #37833 CITY OF NEW-YORK. SS. BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THE [TWENTY-SECOND] DAY OF [MARCH] IN...

Varick, Richard:

CITY OF NEW-YORK. SS. BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THE [TWENTY-SECOND] DAY OF [MARCH] IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, BEFORE ME, RICHARD VARICK, ESQUIRE, MAYOR OF THE SAID CITY, PERSONALLY APPEARED [JOHN RUTHVEN] OF THE [THIRD] WARD OF THE SAID CITY, [TURNER] AND ACKNOWLEDGED [HIMSELF] TO BE INDEBTED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, IN THE SUM OF FIFTY POUNDS, LAWFUL MONEY OF THE SAID STATE, TO BE LEVIED OF [HIS] GOODS AND CHATTLES, LANDS AND TENEMENTS, FOR THE USE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SAID STATE, IF FAILURE SHALL BE MADE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONDITION FOLLOWING: ...

New York: 1796. 8-1/2" x 13" printed broadside, completed in manuscript [manuscript additions indicated by parentheses]. "584" written in blank left margin. Light tanning, old horizontal folds [repairs to several short closed tears at blank outer margin]. Very Good. Signed boldly by Mayor Varick at the end. This rare imprint..... More

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Item #39324 ENLISTMENT OF SICKLES' BRIGADE. John Adalbert Volck

Volck, John Adalbert:

ENLISTMENT OF SICKLES' BRIGADE.

[New York: 1861-1863]. One of Volck's etchings from his 'Confederate War Etchings.' 11-1/2" x 8-3/4." Light fox spots in several portions of the image, and in the blank margins. Good+. Volck's satiric take on the recruitment of the Sickles Brigade. "A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer..... More

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Item #27321 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE SAMUEL CLEMANS JOHN THOMAS AND THOMAS...

Whiskey Still Bond:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE SAMUEL CLEMANS JOHN THOMAS AND THOMAS ANDERSON OF THE COUNTY OF CHAMPAIGN AND STATE OF OHIO ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE FULL AND JUST SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO WHICH PAYMENT WELL AND TRULY BE MADE...THIS TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF JANY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE BOUNDEN OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT IF THE ABOVE BOUNDEN SAMUEL CLEMANS SHALL BEFORE USING OR CAUSING TO BE USED ANY STILL OR BOILER, OR OTHER VESSEL USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTILLING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS - MAKE TRUE AND EXACT ENTRY, AND REPORT THE SAME IN WRITING TO THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL DUTIES FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SAME IS SITUATE, OF EVERY SUCH STILL OR BOILER... WITH THE QUANTITY OF DOMESTIC SPIRITS IN GALLONS, WHICH HE MAY HAVE ON HAND...

[Champaign County, Ohio: 1816]. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Printed bond completed in manuscript. Tanned at margins and along old folds. Signed in ink by Clemans, Thomas, and Anderson. Docketed on verso. Very Good. This bond requires distillers to keep a detailed accounting of the amounts of liquors distilled, with separate..... More

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Item #39763 1882. THE WOMEN'S PETITION TO THE VOTERS OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED,...

[Women and Prohibition]:

1882. THE WOMEN'S PETITION TO THE VOTERS OF MIDDLETOWN, CONN. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, BELIEVING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS TO BE A GREAT INJURY TO OUR CITIZENS, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS OF MANY HOMES, EARNESTLY REQUEST YOU TO VOTE "NO LICENSE," AT THE COMING OCTOBER TOWN MEETING.

[Middletown: 1882]. Elephant folio broadside, 15-7/8" x 22." Beneath the quoted title, eight columns of printed women's names, each column containing about one hundred names. Old folds, shallow blank margin tear. Very Good. Beneath the lists of names is the announcement: "A COUNTY TEMPERANCE CONVENTION! Will be held in the..... More

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Woolley, John G.:

THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.| A HISTO-PROPHETIC INAUGURAL ADDRESS, BY JOHN G. WOOLLEY.

[n.p. 1901]. 5.5" x 12.5". [4] pp. Caption-title [as issued], folded. Tanned, old folds [splits along folds, no text loss], minor chipping at edges. At head of title is printed: 1901 Copyright by John G. Woolley. On the last page following the end of the speech the copyright is waived..... More

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