Marsh, John: Putnam and the Wolf: or, The Monster Destroyed. An Address, Originally Delivered at Pomfret, Connecticut. No. 240

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Marsh, John : Putnam and the Wolf: or, The Monster Destroyed. An Address, Originally Delivered at Pomfret, Connecticut. No. 240

American Tract Society, New York

Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1830. 4" x 7." Twenty pages, complete. One black-and-white illustration on front, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), remnants of the former binding along spine, and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing a reprinted address originally given at Pomfret, Connecticut by Reverend John Marsh (1788-1868) in which he warns readers about the iniquity of drinking alcohol. Marsh was a temperance advocate and was a member of the American Temperance Society and American temperance union. In his address, Marsh begins with a parable and proceeds with explanatory prose to illustrate why he believes intemperance is a negative aspect of society. Tract No. 240 of the American Tract Society. The American Tract Society (ATS) is an evangelical organization that was founded in 1825 as the result of a merger between the New York Religious Tract Society (founded in 1812) and the New England Religious Tract Society (founded in 1814). Upon its founding, ATS became the first organization in the United States whose express mission was to hand out Christian tracts. ATS is still active to this day and has since had its publications printed in over 100 languages in seventy different countries.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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