Edward Hitchcock lecture notes on liquor trafficking, 1837

Item Information

Title:
Edward Hitchcock lecture notes on liquor trafficking, 1837
Description:
Notes by Edward Hitchcock for remarks delivered before the American Temperance Society on the idea the buying and selling of liquors is inconsistent with the cause of temperance, even if those buying and selling abstain from liquor themselves. Hitchcock provides reasons for his belief and states that traffic in distilled liquors is inconsistent with Christianity and should be ended throughout the world.
Creator:
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Date:
1837
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Lecture notes
Orations
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 22 Folder 15 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Edward--1793-1864--Political and social views
Hitchcock, Edward--1793-1864--Religion
Temperance and religion
American Temperance Society
Extent:
1 item (8 pages)
Link to Item:
http://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:83107
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Language:
English