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 10321254 DIM004948 2558013R.nlm.nih.gov durst Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection Humane Society of the State of New-York Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 Eddy, Thomas, 1758-1827 Collins & Perkins NY Markings (Provenance) http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio11399740 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. Bridewell (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions. 40.7127,-74.0059 New York (N.Y.) 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 Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Has Seymour B. Durst's bookplate Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Markings text Published and sold by Collins & Perkins, no. 189 Pearl-Street 1810 1810 New-York books 15, [1] p. ; 22 cm. NNC eng 2021-04-09T20:58:23Z 2021-04-10T09:16:29Z 10.7916/d8-3zrz-n606