AMERICANA EBRIETATIS

Byegone Ways of Byegone Days

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Americana Ebrietatis;

THE

Favorite Tipple of our Forefathers
and the Laws and Customs
Relating Thereto

BY
HEWSON L. PEEKE

PRIVATELY PRINTED
NEW YORK, 1917

Copyrighted 1917 by
HEWSON L. PEEKE

To my father, Rev. Geo. H. Peeke, whose vote followed his prayers, this little book is dedicated, except the chapter on the "Church and the Clergy," which is dedicated to that large majority of the ministry who vote one way and pray the opposite, as their clerical forefathers did. These pages are not written to prove any theory or fact except the growth of sentiment in the last two centuries against the liquor traffic. Though prepared somewhat as a lawyer briefs a case, omitting for the most part the citation of authorities, no fact is given that does not rest on the authority of some writer. The authority can be produced if required. The research represents the culling of some four hundred volumes.

H. L. Peeke

The reprint of Ebrietatis Encomium, London, 1723, led many of my friends to suggest the desirability of a more modern work on the later views and customs concerning drunkenness. Thanks to the most timely and exceptional research of the author, I present for their delectation a treatise along this very line, which will pleasantly while away a winter evening.

L. M. Thompson

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