Description:
Printed broadsheet detailing the "Duties of Innkeepers, & c." 33 x 20 cm on unwatermarked laid paper. The broadside presents seven Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, regulating innkeepers and retailers of alcohol. While the actual laws as printed are detailed and interesting, in short the laws are: suitable room and board must be available, no gambling, no dancing, no serving to drunkenness, no serving on Sunday, pay a fee for the license, and recognize the authority of the state in these matters. The extracts are from laws dating back to An act for the due regulation of licensed houses, passed Feb. 28, 1787. light toning to sheet, some light wear to untrimmed edges. [OCLC locates two copies, at AAS and Library Co. of Philadelphia; not in Shaw & Shoemaker; not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides, Ballads, etc.].
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