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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… 3 This broadside mocks the pioneering Maine Total Abstinence Organization. The group was founded just after the War of 1812 by 69 men led by…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… Museum, Saco A strong supporter of the total abstinence movement, B.F. Haley bought a beer manufactory in Biddeford and began bottling…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"He supposedly administered some five million abstinence pledges prior to 1844. In 1849 he took his work to the United States and was responsible for…"