Thirty Years Ago

THIRTY YEARS AGO;

OR THE

MEMOIRS

OF A

WATER DRINKER.
William Dunlap

BY THE AUTHOR OF

MEMOIRS OF GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE; BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES
BROCKDEN BROWN; HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE;

AND HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ARTS

OF DESIGN IN THE UNITED STATES.

"I think of as many matters as he; but I give Heaven thanks and make no
boast of them."

"Of two hundred and thirteen convicts received at the State Prison of Sing
Sing, during the year 1835, ninety-six were of the State of New-York; and of
these one-third were foreigners. Two-thirds of the tax paid by the community,
is for pauperism and crime produced by intemperance."

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. IL

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY BANCROFT & HOLLEY,

BROADWAY, ASTOR'S HOTEL, No. 8.

ENTERED, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by WILLIAM DUNLAP, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.