(ALLEGORICAL MAP) Murrell W[illiam] M[eacham] Map of Tempera

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(ALLEGORICAL MAP.) Murrell, W[illiam] M[eacham]. Map of Temperance. Separately issued broadside with allegorical map extolling the virtues of teetotalism and the pitfalls of drink, with Ocean of Life, Alcohol Islands, Morality Kingdom, Crime Empire, etc. 520x490 mm, margins close at top; hand-color rather crude but possibly original; light even toning. Boston: W. M. Murrell, 1846

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Life is an Ocean and wide; Man's the Ship, that doth o'er its surface glide; Happiness the Port we ever strive to find; Temperance must be the Pilot to navigate the mind; Reason then takes the helm, free from doubt, To steer the course--as by Heaven pointed out.