Here are six with the first four on the internet:

Ben's little brother (by one year) Jacob Rush became a respected  
lawyer and wrote a book "Charges and Extracts of Charges on Moral and  
Religious Subjects" published first in 1803. It's on Google Books and  
has 15 pages on gambling - I can't remember how much about the  
addiction side.

"The victims of gaming: being extracts from the diary of an American  
physician" 1838, (also on Google books)

Mason Long, The Converted Gambler, 1878, (on archive.org)

Forty years a gambler on the Mississippi, By George H. Devol, 1892  
(also on Google books)

The American Tract Society put out a pamphlet "The ruinous  
consequences of gambling", n.d.

"Constitution and Bye-Laws of the New York Association for the  
Suppression of Gambling", 16p., 1850

Dave


On Dec 30, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Peter Ferentzy wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I'm doing some research on the history of ideas related to gambling  
> addiction. Pre-addiction concept material, pre-twentieth century,  
> is my current target. Sermons and the like would be invaluable.  
> Plays and even poems could help.
>
> I'd be grateful for any leads.
>
>
> Peter