Report pf the Committee Appointed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Portland, to Investigate the Causes and Consequences of the Riot, on the Evening of June, 1855

Portland: Benjamin D. Peck, 1855. 50 pp. Wraps soiled, worn and minor stains. A scarce report on the riots over laws prohibiting alcohol use in Port except for medical purpose. The Mayor Neal Dow was a major Temperance advocate and when the public heard that the city government was hoarding alcohol resident began to riot. Dow ordered shots to be fired into the crowd and a man was killed and the crowd was dispersed. The next year this early temperance law was repealed.