{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"1834 Vegan Enthusiasm In Portland Maine - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cZk9VO6C9i\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/1834-vegan-enthusiasm\/\">1834 Vegan Enthusiasm In Portland Maine<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/1834-vegan-enthusiasm\/embed\/#?secret=cZk9VO6C9i\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;1834 Vegan Enthusiasm In Portland Maine&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"cZk9VO6C9i\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Graham4a.jpg","thumbnail_width":580,"thumbnail_height":747,"description":"For the benefit of 2016 vegans \u2013 here &#8211; are HappyCow\u2019s Maine listings In our Ernest Bell Library, we have an original handwritten letter from 1834, identifying one early &#8216;close to vegan&#8217; Portland\u00a0 resident \u2013 Reverend Henry Aiken Worcester, a Swedenborgian minister \u2013 and one &#8216;vegan&#8217; visitor \u2013 Dr. Sylvester Graham. The letter tells us that Portland was quite a \u2018vegan paradise\u2019 in the 1830s. I use &#8216;vegan&#8217; with inverted commas because in 1834 we are 110 years away from the founding of The Vegan Society. Words and phrases which we are unsure of, or which are illegible, are in red. The grammar and punctuation have been worked on just a little. The Worcester family\u00a0is excellently documented. We can confidently identify everyone mentioned in the letter \u2013 details below. Over to Henry &#8211; ~ \u2026\u2026 But I tell you that the physicians, all but one quack, of Portland, a very scientific class of men, have attended the course, and I believe all, to a man, acknowledge the correctness of Graham\u2019s principles. The change that it is making in this city you can hardly conceive of \u2013 for a very large portion of the inhabitants have adopted his mode of diet [&hellip;]"}