God's revenge against gambling. : Exemplified in the miserable lives and untimely deaths of a number of persons of both sexes, who had sacrificed their health, wealth, and honor at gaming tables. : With curious anecdotes of the following unfortunate gamblers:-- I. Miss Fanny Braddock, sister of General Braddock, who, from gambling, hung herself. II. Drisden Harwood, Esq. Maryland, who, from gambling, drowned himself. III. Jack Gilmore, Esq. Virginia, who, from gambling, shot himself. IV. T. Alston, Esq. (N.C.) who, from gambling, was shot by Capt. Johnson. V. Maria Antoinette, Queen of France, who, for gambling, was brought to the guillotine. VI. Other awful cases of young gamblers, and their untimely ends. : [Eight lines of verse] / By M.L. Weems, formerly Rector of Mount Vernon Parish.
| Author/creator | Weems, M. L. |
| Other author | Weems, Jesse Ewell, 1799-1881, dedicatee. |
| Other author | Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825 publisher. |
| Other author | Bailey, Lydia R., 1779-1869 printer. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | (Second edition.). |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1812. |
| Description | iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-51 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Local note | Library's copy imperfect: pages 23-24 torn with loss of text. |
| General note | Parentheses substituted for square brackets in edition transcription. |
| General note | Dedicated to "Master Jesse Ewell Weems." |
| General note | Copyright Feb. 17, 1812, by Mason L. Weems. |
| General note | "Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, no. 10, North Alley."--colophon, p. 51. |
| General note | Last page blank. |
| General note | Recommendation by Jacob Rush, verso of title page, dated Jan. 20, 1812. |
| With note | Bound with: Hymen's recruiting sergeant: or The new matrimonial tat-too, for the old bachelors -- God's revenge against murder; or The drown'd wife -- The drunkard's looking-glass -- God's revenge against adultery, awfully exemplified in the following cases of American crim. Con. / by M.L. Weems. |
| References | Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 27507 |
| References | Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 102473 |
| References | Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey, 76 |
| References | Skeel, E.E.F. Weems, 189 |
| References | Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law, 9707 |
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Hymen's recruiting sergeant: or The new matrimonial tat-too, for the old bachelors. : [Four lines of verse] With some elegant songs. Adorned with a handsome frontispiece. : [Four lines from Freneau]God's revenge against adultery, awfully exemplified in the following cases of American crim. con
God's revenge against murder; or The drown'd wife. : A tragedy, as lately performed, with unbounded applause, (of the Devil and his court) by Ned Findley, Esquire, one of the grand company of tragedians in the service of the Black Prince, who was so highly gratified with Ned's performance, that he instantly provided him rooms in one of his own palaces; created him a knight of the most ignoble order of the halter, clapped bracelets on his wrists, and an ornament round his neck; and in a few days promoted him to the ridge pole of the gallows, at Edgefield Court-House, South Carolina
The drunkard's looking-glass: : reflecting a faithful likeness of the drunkard, in sundry very interesting attitudes: : with lively representations of the many strange capers which he cuts at different states of his disease; as first, when he has only "a drop in his eye;" second, when he is "half shaved;" third, when he is getting "a little on the staggers or so;" and fourth and fifth, and so on, till he is "quite capsized;" "snug under the table with the dogs," and can "stick to the floor without holding on."