Permanent temperance documents of the American temperance society. v. 1

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Temperance Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temperance--Societies, etc.

Temperance.

Physical Description:

513 (i. e. 468) p. ; 22 1/2 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : S. Bliss ; New York : J.P. Haven, 1835.

Contents:

Annual report of the society, 4th-8th, 1831-1835.

Notes:

In this edition, p. 60 of the eighth report (Resolutions adopted by the New York state temperance society, at their semiannual meeting, July 9, 1835) to erroneously printed on verse of p. 116 of seventh report.

With this copy is bound: Letter to the friends of temperance in Massachusetts. By Justin Edwards. 4th ed., enl. Boston, 1836. 36 p.

The 4th report of the American temperance society was designed as the first of a series of permanent documents (the first three reports being out of print) and contains a history of the formation of the society and of the temperance reformation from its commencement. cf its 7th report, 1834, p. 38-39 (Permanent temperance documents, v. 1, p. 376-377).

The American temperance society was succeeded in 1836 by the American temeperance union, and its documents were reissued in 1852 by the union as v. 1 of the collection in 3 vols. entitled Permanent temperance documents.