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Online Exhibits
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law
"Indeed, Dow left the moderates behind, including wine drinker Governor William King, who founded the first statewide temperance association."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement
"… the latter, "I have been a run-seller and a run-drinker, and have brought my wife and children into trouble and ppoverty, and I do not see how…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst
"… Native Americans were perceived to be problem drinkers. This local cartoon shows the stereotype."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"… in Baltimore, was among the first to hire former drinkers as their spokesmen. In Maine, Neal Dow was an early supporter but disagreed over their…"
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret
"Polite society considered non-drinkers "crank-brained." Drunkenness Although drink was common, drunkenness was a punishable offense in the region."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance
"… Society Newspapers 3-42 This depiction of drinkers in a Clay Cove (Portland waterfront) saloon, clearly depicts Irish-Americans in a cartoon style…"
