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The evils of drinking and attending stage plays...
The evils of drinking and attending stage plays...
Item # 701987
April 26, 1803
THE BALANCE & COLUMBIAN REPOSITORY, Hudson, New York, April 26, 1803 Inside has a continued article: "To the Citizens of the U. States" concerning the evils of drinking and attending stage plays. A few bits include: "The great numbers of taverns and tippling houses...have been cause of much concern...some of those places are evidently nurseries of vice & licentiousness..." and also: "By the attendance of stage plays and other theatrical exhibitions to which people are invited...of those who yield to the temptation, much precious time is foolishly spent and money squandered to the injury of families and hurt of the community at large..." with more.
Eight pages, 8 3/4 by 10 3/4 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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