13 Temperance Sermons Bound in One Volume ~ 1813-1842

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This is a scarce collection of 13 early TEMPERANCE SERMONS and Reports custom-bound into one volume. The sermons date from 1813 to 1842. The following 13 sermons / reports are included: * "Two Sermons on Intemperance Delivered on the Day of the Annual Fast" by Joshua Bates - April 3, 1813 * "Intemperance - An Address to the Churches and Congregations of the Western District of Fairfield County" - November, 1813 * "An Address Delivered before the Massachusetts Society for Suppressing Intemperance at Their Anniversary Meeting on the Objects of their Institution" by Abiel Abbott - June 2, 1815 * "The Drunkard a Destroyer. A Discourse Delivered before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance at Their Anniversary Meeting" by Samuel Worcester - May 30, 1817 * "The Constitution of the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance as Revised and Altered. Together with Their Annual Report and a List of the Officers and Members of Said Society" - December, 1818 * "Report of the Board of Counsel to the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, Presented at Their Eight Anniversary" - June 2, 1820 * "A Sermon Delivered before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance at Their Annual Meeting with the Annual Report" by William Jenks - June 1, 1821 * "An Address Delivered before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance" by Charles Sprague - May 31, 1827 * "An Address Delivered before the Needham Temperance Society in the Church of the First Parish in That Town" by Daniel Kimball - July 5, 1830 * "Report of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union" - 1839 * "A Review of the Late Temperance Movements in Massachusetts" by Leonard Withington - 1840 * "First Quarterly Report of the Auditor of the Washington Total Abstinence Society with the Address of the President" - 1841 * "'Think Soberly.' A Sermon on Temperance Delivered in the Unitarian Church, Newport, RI" by Charles T. Brooks - February 6, 1842 Condition: Clean covers. There are pieces missing at the top edge of the spine. Worn corners. Shelf wear along all edges of the boards. The leather has split along the left and right edges of the spine. Tight binding. Both covers are firmly attached. The first two end papers are loose and have pulled from the spine 2/3 of the way down from the top. Consistent foxing to the pages. There is a personal library label affixed to the front pastedown. The 1839 Report has a 1" tear at the outer edge of the title page, and a 2" tear at the outer edge of page 43. Intemperance 1813 has a 1 1/4" piece missing at the bottom edge, and a 1" tear at the top edge of page 17. The 1821 Report has old handwriting in pen on the title page. Overall the book is in Good - condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1666047357277

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Title: 13 Temperance Sermons Bound in One Volume ~ ...

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good