Booklet Written for the Superior Mercantile Post, Comprised of Several Essays Without Author or Date, Apparently Written for the East Dennis Lyceum
Subject
Stages of society; Savage barbarous stage; Civilized stage; Enlightened stage; The Age Chivalry Patriotism and Glory; Moral light; Advancement of mankind; Age of wonders; Modern inventions and luxuries; Magic shows; Hypnosis; Conversations with the dead; Freedom of women; Cosmetics; Scandal & Slander; Poem; Enticing words of the serpent; Jonah and the fish; Gossip; Patronage; Facades of man; Violators of moral and divine law; Abuse of tobacco; tobacco's use as a medicine; Tobacco as a prevention to a clear mind; Chewing of tobacco; Poem about tobacco; Women's Rights; Moral reforms; Biblical purpose of women; Equal Rights; Equal mental capacities between men and women; Argument for rights of women; Southern slaveholders; Inhumanity of slaveholders; Treatment of slavesAbstract
This is a composition booklet, wrapped in a sheet of paper (used as a cover), for "Superior Mercantile Post. Manufactured for Tappan & Whittemore, Booksellers and Stationers, No. 114, Washington Street, Boston." Inside are several essays, all in the same hand, not signed or dated. These apparently were all done for the East Dennis Lyceum. The essays are entitled: "Written for the East Dennis Lyceum," "Scandal & Slander," "A few hints on the abuse of tobacco," "On Women's Rights," and "For the Lyceum." The pages are not numbered in the original, but are in the transcription.Related items
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