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
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
Collection Name
Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection
Subjects
License system--New York (State)--New York.; Alcoholism--New York (State)--New York.; Temperance--New York (State)--New York.; Prisons--New York (State)--New York.; New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.; New York (N.Y.); Bridewell (New York, N.Y.)
Format
books
Genre
books
Publication Information
Published and sold by Collins & Perkins, no. 189 Pearl-Street: New-York
Date
1810
Physical Description
15, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Note
The committee's report, dated "12th month (December) 26th, 1809," is signed by Thomas Eddy, Peter Augustus Jay, John H. Hobart, and J. Morton. The introductory letter from "the members of the Humane Society to the citizens of New-York," is signed: M. Clarkson, president. December 27, 1809
Signatures: [1]⁸
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