(TEMPERANCE) A New Society Called the Self Examining Society

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(TEMPERANCE.) A New Society Called the Self-Examining Society. Letterpress broadside, 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; lightly wrinkled, a few short closed tears with tape repairs on verso. [New York]: H. Cassidy, circa 1836

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This satirical broadside pokes fun at the self-righteousness of the temperance societies then sweeping the nation, with a constitution promising that "there shall be no public or private meeting," "no money shall be raised from time to time," and that members "shall be allowed to drink Tea or Coffee, cold water, or hot water, Buttermilk or Lemonade . . . without being excommunicated from good society." For good measure, they also profess that "it shall have nothing to do with Masonry or Anti-masonry, Colonization or Anti-slavery, Missionary, Bible or Tract Societies." Several versions of this broadside were printed across the country, but this edition does not appear in OCLC. One other imprint from "H. Cassidy" of 7 Wall Street is known, with an 1836 date.