"Against the left margin is a thermometer inscribed with degrees upwards and downwards from 0, in the centre. Those above zero are headed Temperance, those below Intemperance. Reading downwards: [70] Water; 60 Milk & Water; 50 Small Beer; 40 Cyder; 30...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1827 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831. and Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Prevention, Temperance, and Thermometers
"Against the left margin is a thermometer inscribed with degrees upwards and downwards from 0, in the centre. Those above zero are headed Temperance, those below Intemperance. Reading downwards: [70] Water; 60 Milk & Water; 50 Small Beer; 40 Cyder; 30...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1827 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831. and Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Prevention, Temperance, and Thermometers
In two columns with title above both and the woodcut in the text of the first column; the columns are separated by ornaments and surrounded by a border.
Envelope illustrated on the left with scenes of drunkenness taken from the William Hogarth print "Gin Lane" (1751) and on the right, a scene of sobriety, a couple at home surrounded by two small children, one of whom is in cradle at their feet with a ...
Alternative Title:
Intoxicating drinks are the bane and curse of society
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Agents Paton & Ritchie, Ednir.; William Tweedle, 337 Strand, London; William Bremner, 11 Market Street, Manchester
Notebook containing verse and notes for lyceum speeches by Atkins, along with receipts and drawings. Topics covered in speeches include Middlefield, Connecticut history and education, the fugitive slave law, and the temperance movement. Accompanied by...
Description:
Thomas Atkins (1797-1882), author.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and Middlefield (Conn. : Town)
Subject (Name):
Atkins, Thomas, 1797-1822., Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892., and United States.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American, Lyceums, Temperance, and History
