ANTIQUE 1830s TEMPERANCE MVMNT LIQUOR CRIME PETITION 14 SIGNATURES PROVIDENCE RI

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An original document measuring approximately 13 x 8 inches.  An overview of early temperance movements in Providence and background of the some of the signers appear below.   Scan does not show lower part of document which is blank and in similar condition as pictured.  Paper is folded in half and will be shipped the same.  Thanks for looking.
During the 1830s and 1840s several temperance societies, Protestant and Catholic, organized in Rhode Island. These included groups like the Providence Temperance Union, the Providence Association for the Promotion of Temperance, the State Temperance Society, the Catholic Temperance Society, the Catholic Temperance Fraternity, and the Sons of Temperance in North America. The labors of these temperance activists and the pressure some of them brought to bear on public opinion and politicians resulted in the Rhode Island legislature's passage of the state's first prohibitory law in 1852. Rhode Island's "Maine Law" made illegal the sale or consumption of liquor and remained in force for eleven years.  source: providencecollegedotedu
Thomas C. Hartson, Rhode Island Historical Society Officer and Secretary, 1845 - 1850
Gideon Palmer, slave owner:
Early asylum records include hundreds of certificates of indenture, binding inmates for usually six to twelve months. From 1828 to 1844, indentures were required for inmates with no visible means of support. This British tradition of enforced servitude was common in New England and widely used for youths apprenticed to learn a trade -- such as printing or blacksmithing -- and for the poor. The indenture for Thomas Stanton is typical:
"This Indenture made and entered into this twenty-seventh day of August A.D. 1828 . . . Witnesseth that the said Overseer . . . does hereby set to work, and bind out to the said Gideon Palmer for the space of six months from the date hereof, Thomas Stanton, a person of colour, a minor under the age of twenty one years, now residing in said Providence, able of body, of no visible means of support, lives idly and neither uses nor exercises any ordinary or daily lawful trade of business to get his living by; during which time said Thomas shall faithfully serve the said Gideon in such employment as the said Gideon may direct in and about the house and upon the farm which he occupies and improves, and obey all his lawful commands . . . And the said Gideon does, on his part, hereby covenant . . .that he will for the work and service of the said Thomas, provide him suitable and comfortable board, lodging and clothing during the time he shall serve the said Gideon as aforesaid." On September 2, 1828, Thomas Stanton "left without leave."  source: providenceridotcom
Edward E. Manton, possible grandson of Manton pioneer:
The Manton neighborhood is located in the northwest quadrant of Providence. It is bordered by the towns of North Providence to the north, the town of Johnston to the west, and the neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant to the east, Olneyville to the southeast, and Hartford to the southwest. The Woonasquatucket River forms the western boundary for Manton. Manton Avenue is the major commercial artery in the neighborhood, running from Olneyville Square to the adjacent town of Johnston and eventually reaching the town of North Providence. The intersection of Manton Avenue and Fruit Hill Avenue is the transportation and retail hub of the area.
The first white settlers to the area were almost exclusively farmers. Like Hartford on the other side of the Woonasquatucket River, Manton remained a rural, agricultural region throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. One of the original owners during this period was Edward Manton, who established his homestead in 1683. By the time his grandson was in his 20s, the Manton family owned a huge tract of land which today bears their name.   source: providenceridotcom
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