BIB_ID
296735
Accession number
MA 1305.29
Creator
Dow, Neal, 1804-1897.
Display Date
1872 Dec. 14.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 28.5 cm
Notes
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Signed "Neal Dow" and dated "Salem, Ohio. December 14, 1872."
Written on paper printed with decorative green-leafed vines.
Signed "Neal Dow" and dated "Salem, Ohio. December 14, 1872."
Written on paper printed with decorative green-leafed vines.
Summary
Stating: "I do not think the Liquor Traffic a smaller evil to the Nation than American Slavery was -- nor the misery resulting from the bondage of the bottle less than that of bondage of chain."
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