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"What! rob a poor man of his Beer!"

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Year:: 1880
Contributor:: Barleycorn, John (creator); Woman's Christian Temperance Union (sponsor); National Temperance Society and Publication House (publisher)
Subject:: Temperance > Poetry; Humorous poetry; Liquor industry; United States > New York > New York
Extent:: 1 broadside ; 22 x 13 cm.
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Notes:: by John Barleycorn, Jr.; Poetry and prose.; Within border of type ornaments.; First line same as title.; Includes poem in five four-line stanzas and paragraph about male employees'spending two-thirds of wages to saloons.; Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

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Rights: No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use: Collection is open for research.

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Barleycorn, John, "'What! rob a poor man of his Beer!'" (1880). Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:29847/

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Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition

The digitized items in the Alcohol, Temperance and Prohibition Collection are from the Alcoholism and Addiction Studies Collection, as well as from various collections in the Brown University Library — broadsides, sheet music, pamphlets and government publications.

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