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An Act of Congress signed by President Jefferson...   Indians set fire to those who drink...
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An Act of Congress signed by President Jefferson... Indians set fire to those who drink...

Item # 713424 ·
SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Walpole, June 2, 1806  Page 2 has a letter from Vincennes in the Indiana Territory concerning: "...the Delaware Indians have burnt several...of their nation & condemned several others to undergo the same fat. A prophet it seems, appeared among them...the Great Spirit...commanded him to tell the Indian that it was his will they should destroy all those who drink spiritous liquors..."
The back page has: "An Act" of Congress signed in type: Th. Jefferson.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, wide margins, some stains to an upper quadrant of the front page, nice condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026

Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$48
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.