An uncommon temperance newspaper...
Item # 702087
December 06, 1877
THE WORD OF TRUTH, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Dec. 6, 1877 This is a volume 1 issue of a temperance newspaper with a religious emphasis as well.
Page 2 begins with: "The editor fears neither the devil nor rum-sellers. He holds with Joseph Cook that 'One with God is a majority', and believe that the cause of TEMPERANCE is God's cause; therefore the battle is going to be fought out on this line if it takes a lifetime."
Four pages, 11 3/4 by 16 1/4 inches, minor wear at the margins, a few archival mends at the margins, good condition.
Page 2 begins with: "The editor fears neither the devil nor rum-sellers. He holds with Joseph Cook that 'One with God is a majority', and believe that the cause of TEMPERANCE is God's cause; therefore the battle is going to be fought out on this line if it takes a lifetime."
Four pages, 11 3/4 by 16 1/4 inches, minor wear at the margins, a few archival mends at the margins, good condition.
Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.
Category: Post-Civil War
