An earnest dissuasive from intemperance in meats and drinks.... / By ... Edmund Gibson.

  • Edmund Gibson
Date:
1766
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Credit: An earnest dissuasive from intemperance in meats and drinks.... / By ... Edmund Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ tation and Ruin of this Kingdom, 66 Fe. a : ) Preamble to an Aét, to prevent the In- portation and Use of Rum and Bran- dies in the Province of Pron sé Ann, a7] 38° ‘ WHEREAS it is ee fe pi s¢ rience, that the Ufe of the Liquors ‘* called Rum and Brandies, in the Pro- i ™ vince of Georgia,are more particularly -_*© hurtfuland pernicious to Man’sBody, «6 and have been attended with dan- ioe gerousMaladies and fatal Diftempers, «and if not timely prevented, will in «© all Likelihood ruin the faid Colony, -» © and fruftrate your Majefty’s good — ‘«¢ and fatherly Intentions, towards fuch «* of your Subjects as hall go to refide -«* in the faid Province: And whereas «© we your Majefty’s moft dutiful Sub- att jects, the Truftees for Eftablithing the «¢ Colony of Georgia in America, have «received Complaints from the Chiefs ‘* of feveral of the Indian Nations in- he katie near to your Majefty’s faid ee