Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Francis Murphy gave his first temperance lecture in Portland on April 3, 1870 and soon became a powerful voice. On February 20, 1872, he lectured on temperance at the Methodist church at the Sheepscot Bridge in Wiscasset. He was allied with Dr. Henry A. Reynolds (1839-1922), a Bangor-born graduate of Bowdoin and Harvard colleges who became an alcoholic and a founder of the Red Ribbon Reform Club.
Francis Murphy, an Irish immigrant, was a reformed alcoholic whose drinking had destroyed his family and successful hotel and saloon business. Murphy was jailed in Maine for violating the state’s prohibition law but found religion and temperance in 1870. After his release, he spent the next five years telling his story and promoting temperance in New England and the Midwest. Everywhere he traveled, he encouraged people to sign pledges not to drink.
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About This Item
- Title: Announcement for The Reformed Rumseller: Mr. Murphy, Wiscasset, 1872
- Creator: Joseph Wood
- Creation Date: 1872
- Subject Date: 1872
- Location: Sheepscot Bridge, Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: ink on paper
- Dimensions: 14 cm x 20.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 464, Box 1/1243
- Collection: Broadsides : printed at the shop of Joseph Wood, Wiscasset, Maine
- Object Type: Text
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- Immigrants--Irish--Maine
- Lectures--Maine--Wiscasset
- Methodist Church--Maine
- Prohibition
- Temperance--Maine--Portland
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