Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

Public letters on Christmas morals and social tax views 1761

A collection of letters and notices discussing religious observance of Christmas, youth temperance, and social reforms. topics include urging religious festivity over excess, suggesting apprentices and servants reduce holiday revelry, advocating magistracy action against public vice, and arguing for or against a tax on bachelors with commentary on women’s boarding schools and social conduct. The pages also advertise books, sermons, and devotional manuals.