A report of a committee of the Humane Society appointed to inquire into the number of tavern licenses; the manner of granting them; their effects upon the community; and the other sources of vice and misery in this city; and to visit Bridewell
New York: published and sold by Collins & Perkins, no. 189 Pearl-Street, 1810. 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; removed from binding; chip on lower corner of title page, last leaf separated, old fold; good. The committee recommended stricter licensing for the city's 3500 taverns, and paints a graphic description of the appalling conditions at Bridewell prison. They describe cells in which women eat out of troughs and rats eat the clothes off the insane. American Imprints 20399; Sabin 35854. Item #57076
Price: $125.00
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