Neal S. Dow

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dow was born in Portland, the son of Quaker parents. He entered his father''s tanning business and became a very successful businessman. He volunteered as a firefighter to gain exemption from militia duty because of the reputation of militia musters to be drunken bashes. He gained local notice when he persuaded his company to forego the customary liquor at their annual celebration. In 1827 he was a founding member of the Maine Temperance Society. Before 1837 he was a leader of the splitting off of the Maine Temperance Union over the issue of whether wine should still be allowed the Union was for total abstinence.Dow was born in Portland, the son of Quaker parents. He entered his father''s tanning business and became a very successful businessman. He volunteered as a firefighter to gain exemption from militia duty because of the reputation of militia musters to be drunken bashes.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130924836
• ISBN-10: 6130924836
• Artikelnr.: 29839996