Letter to Henry Bergh from "Jamaica Standard" on Dogfighting and Cockfighting Pits

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Item information

Title:
Letter to Henry Bergh from "Jamaica Standard" on Dogfighting and Cockfighting Pits
Description:
The letter from an editor at "The Jamaica Standard" seeking an editorial from Henry Bergh on enforcement of the ban on cockfighting and dogfighting in Queens County was part of ASPCA Scrap Book Volume 8 from August 1878-September 1882. Scrapbook is primarily composed of newspaper clippings from New York publications such as The New York Times, The New York World-Telegram, and The New York World. Scrapbook condition is warped.
Topics:
Animal Protection
Subjects:
Animal welfare -- Law and legislation
Cockfighting
Dogfighting
Publishers and publishing
Original Format:
Bound volume
Extent:
2 pages
Item identifier:
aspca_20220301_32839
Compiler:
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals more info on American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
Created Date:
Genre:
Letters (correspondence)
Names:
Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 more info on Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 
Location:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Digital Project:
Animal Turn

Source information

Repository:
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Collection:
ASPCA (aspca) held by American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
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Funding:
This resource was created with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. CLIR's Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives awards program, which is generously supported by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports the creation of digital representations of unique content of high scholarly significance that will be discoverable and usable as elements of a coherent national collection.