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THIRTY YEARS AGO;
OR THE
MEMOIRS
OF A
WATER DRINKER.

BY THE AUTHOR OF MEMOIRS OF GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE; BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN; HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE; AND HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS OF DESIGN IN THE UNITED STATES. “I think of as many matters as he; but I give Heaven thanks and make no boast of them.” “Of two hundred and thirteen convicts received at the State Prison of Sing Sing, during the year 1835, ninety-six were of the State of New-York; and of these one-third were foreigners. Two-thirds of the tax paid by the community, is for pauperism and crime produced by intemperance.”

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I.

NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY BANCROFT & HOLLEY,
BROADWAY, ASTOR'S HOTEL, No. 8.
© 1836.