Item #008949 A Memorial for the Repeal of All Sunday Laws. William Logan Fisher.

A Memorial for the Repeal of All Sunday Laws

Philadelphia: William Logan Fisher, 1850. Pamphlet. [12] p.; 17 cm. Lacking wrapper. William Logan Fisher (1781-1862) argues against petitions to the Pennsylvania legislature in favor of increased enforcement of Sunday laws, which prohibited travel on Sunday among other things. The Quaker and mill owner was particularly unhappy that the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company has suspended travel on Sunday, although turnpikes and other routes still functioned. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: lacking wrapper; lower edge of first page sunned; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good. Item #008949

Price: $45.00