(TEMPERANCE) A New Society called the Self Examining Society

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(TEMPERANCE.) A New Society called the Self-Examining Society. Letterpress broadside, 10 1/2 x 7 inches; minor wear and foxing. Np, circa 1835-45

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This 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 meetings," "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."