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AMERICANA EBRIETATIS

_Byegone Ways of Byegone Days_




    ONE HUNDRED COPIES OF THIS
    EDITION HAVE BEEN PRINTED
    FOR SALE AND THE TYPE
    DISTRIBUTED




  Americana Ebrietatis;

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

  BY
  HEWSON L. PEEKE

  [Illustration]

  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




