Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor illustrated the event as part of his "Scrap Book no 3" that he wrote and illustrated starting in 1876."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"As whispers of separation became louder in the late 1700s, various political grievances began to dominate the growing debate."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… of Kittery swore their allegiance to the government of Massachusetts Bay, and by 1658, Kittery, York, Saco, Wells and Cape Porpoise (Kennebunkport)…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"Patten Free Library The separationists and anti-separationists heard and acknowledged the other side's arguments."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Depicting an independent and politically distinct Maine, it places Maine's borders along the Magaguadavic River to the east (and a non-existent range…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… of nearly 270,000 deserved an independent government. With continuing public pressures, the General Court agreed to a hold a vote on the question…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"The movement began in the 1780s and lasted just shy of forty years. Separationist Call to Meeting, Falmouth Published in The Falmouth Gazette, Sept…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… their movement, which some thought unpatriotic and embarrassing, in light of the shockwaves caused by Shays' Rebellion and other rural uprisings…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… Crisis: Competing Priorities and Northern Slavery Politics in the Early Republic,” Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 2013), pp."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"If Maine were to become independent, ships would be forced to port in every state beyond New Hampshire. Osher Map Library and Smith Center for…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… the entire eastern seaboard into one district and thus avoided the economic burden and inefficiency of travel under the Coasting Law of 1789."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"The sign for "Moxie" shows the development and rising demand for soft drinks and their evolution from cure-all tonics."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… and cities, taverns were the center of social and political life. William McLellan Sr., Portland, ca.1800Maine Historical Society Captain…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… that drink played in Maine's social, economic and political history, and profiling the events and leaders in Maine that catalyzed other States' and…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"X Patrick and Marie Cyr, ca. 1940 Biddeford Courtesy of Janet and Ray Verrier Acadian entrepreneurs from Van Buren, Patrick (1897-1959) made beer…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Why Study the History of Drinking?

"Alcohol has soothed and troubled life in Maine and America in numerous subtle and not-so-subtle ways."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"GALLERIES: Politics and Enforcement | Women Leaders and Temperance | Quenching the Thirst | Business as Usual"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"Two founders of the Pejepscot Proprietors, Adam Winthrop and Thomas Hutchinson, sat on the Governor’s Council."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… 1840 John Martin (1823-1904) Watercolor and pen and ink hand-illustrated journals Collections of Historical Society and the Maine State Museum…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… of the Old City Hall was to house the city government, including a mayor's office, a treasurer's office, assessor's office and the police…"