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Neal S. Dow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Neal Dow's home at 714 Congress Street in Portland, Maine is now the headquarters of the Maine Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It is open to the public on weekdays 1100-1600; meeting rooms are available by appointment.
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Neal S. Dow House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neal S. Dow House , also known as Gen. Neal Dow House , is an historic house in Portland, Maine, built for noted politician and prohibitionist Neal S. Dow. He was the Prohibition Party candidate fo...
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It's difficult to know what to say about Neal Dow. An internationally known celebrity well before the war for his tireless campaigning against liquor, he was the author of "The Maine Law," the toughest statute against the sale and consumption of spirits anywhere in the world.
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[Note: Neal Dow led the campaign for the prohibition of the sale of alcohol in Maine. ... . By Neal Dow. Published at the request of the Association. Portland: Printed at the Argus Office by Th: Todd. 1829; . . . . . .. . Pp6-7: Let us look through the history of the world;
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Neal Dow was a Union soldier and an ardent temperance reformer. Before the Civil War, as Mayor of Portland, he drafted the "Maine Law" to drive the illegal liquor trade from the city. During the Civil War he was Colonel of the 13th Maine and then promoted to Brigadier General, Volunteers.
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Neal Dow, Union Brigadier General and Mayor of Portland, Maine (1851-1858), is best remembered as a temperance reformer and father of the 1851 "Maine Law". He was, throughout his life, deeply involved in temperance organizations and became the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate in 1880.
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Neal Dow; (1804 - 1897); Neal Dow was a zealous crusader for the cause of temperance and prohibition, both within the State of Maine, and throughout the country. He grew up in a Quaker household in Portland, where he absorbed the values of his parents: hard work, temperance, and thrift.
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; Civil War Union Brigadier General. An avowed Quaker, he nonetheless decided to take up arms for the Union (and was subsequently ousted from the Society of Friends for it). ... (bio by: Russ Dodge) ; Search Amazon for Neal Dow...
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