A

SERIOUS INQUIRY

INTO THE

NATURE AND EFFECTS

OF THE

STAGE:

AND A LETTER RESPECTING PLAY ACTORS.

BY THE

Rev. JOHN WITHERSPOON, DD. L. L. D.

Late President of the College at Princeton, New-Jersey.

LIBRA

TOR

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Cogswell
DRE

ALSO

A SERMON,

ON THE

BURNING OF THE THEATRE AT RICHMOND, &c.

BY SAMUEL MILLER, D.D.

Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in New-York.

TOGETHER WITH

AN INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS,

BY SEVERAL MINISTERS IN NEW-YORK, &C.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY WHITING & WATSON,

96 BROADWAY,

Printed by D. & G. BRUCE, 20 Slote-lane.

AN

ADDRESS,

BY

SEVERAL MINISTERS IN NEW-YORK,

TO THEIR

CHRISTIAN FELLOW-CITIZENS,

DISSUADING THEM FROM

ATTENDING THEATRICAL REPRESENTATIONS,

AND DESIGNED AS AN

INTRODUCTION

ΤΟ

DR. WITHERSPOON'S INQUIRY.