Petition and letter regarding repeal of Act regulating sale of alcohol

Quaker Collection, Walker - George Washington (1855) Petition and letter regarding repeal of Act regulating sale of alcohol. University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection, Australia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Petition to the Legislative Council not to repeal an Act regulating the sale of alcohol and a letter concerning it from George Washington Walker to William Barnett. He wanted Barnett to get up a similar petition in his district, the Huon. In it he says the petitioners must understand what they sign, be adult (or old enough to understand) and male.

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Keywords:	Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Tasmania, religious history, social history, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, VDL, George Washington Walker, Legislative Council, alcohol, Act, William Barnett, Huon
Subjects:	440000 Philosophy and Religion > 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions 430000 History and Archaeology > 430100 Historical Studies
Collections:	Quaker Collection
ID Code:	2144
Deposited By:	Gillian Ward
Deposited On:	16 Oct 2007 17:43
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2008 16:36
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