Licensed houses. An examination of the license law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. First published in the Boston Courier, Dec. 1832
Boston: J. Ford, 1833. 8vo, pp. [5], 6-52; wrappers wanting; disbound; lightly spotted; clean and neat. An anonymous publication addressed to the Massachusetts legislature arguing in favor of stricter liquor laws. A series of arguments, statistical and religious, advocating against the gratuitous distribution of liquor licenses. Attributed to Manlius Lucius Sargent (1786-1867), a Bostonian author who also wrote the Temperance Tales (1833-1843), a series of moral short stories designed to discourage the consumption of alcohol. American Imprints 21061; Sabin 77015. Item #57793
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