A Lecture Before the Boston Young Men’s Society, on the Subject of Lotteries. Delivered March 12, 1833.
Boston: Temperance Press, Ford & Damrell, 1833. Item #603 8vo. 213 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 79, [1] pp. Stitched as issued, wanting printed wrappers; Title-page and final leaf lightly soiled, otherwise a good copy. First Edition. The evils of the lottery system are explained, both from a historical point of view, and from the point of view of gamblers who become debtors, unable to support their family and maintain employment. “It is incumbent upon us, on this occasion, to expose, so far as we are able, some of the frauds practiced by ticket-dealers. . .: American Imprints, 19071.
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