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Lot 628
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[CRIME & PUNISHMENT]. Constitution of Society for the Prevention and Detection of Crime. Organied at North Bridgton, December 31, 1814. Portland, ME: B. Thurston & Co., [second half of the 19th century].
18 7/16 x 24 in. printed broadside (short marginal teras and chips with repairs, small dampstain at lower margin); framed to 21 3/4 x 27 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame).
A broadside advertising the Constitution and By-Laws of an anti-crime organization founded in 1814. Illustrated with an elephant printers device reading "Stop Theif!" Newspaper references to the Society occur as early as 1873 (The Portland Daily Press, 1 February 1873). The latest reference notes that a quorum was not achieved at the 98th annual meeting noting that it was locally known as the "Hoss Thief Society" (Sun-Journal [Lewiston, ME], 9 January 1912).
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents