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Online Exhibits
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"… rum than beer, with cheap "New England Rum" being distilled in Boston, and later Falmouth. Apple orchards, that matured ten years after settlement…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes
"… Thomas Robinson (1747-1806) estate with his rum distill house.Robinson built and operated Falmouth's first large distillery. X J."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents
"X A Moral and Physical Thermometer From An Inquiry into the Effects of Ardent Spirits on the Human Mind and Body, Boston, 1790 Dr."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police
"… ways to drink, hide, transport, and sell spirits. Illegal roadhouses, kitchen bars, and clubs joined those already operating in violation of state…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement
"… gift of Mark Skinner, 1997 The agency sold ardent spirits for medicinal and mechanical purposes. Located at 135 Congress Street, it was a hot bed…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"Though not an abuser of ardent spirits, Longfellow frowned on the more fanatic Temperance leaders. One of his last letters was to his wine merchant…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow
"… the passage of the Maine Law and reflects the spirit of a number of Mainers opposed to the dry ideal."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery
"… the War of 1812, the recovering economy and a new spirit of optimism made leisure activities affordable and popular."
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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
