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Kiah Bayley Sewall (1807-1865), a native of Phippsburg who was living and working as a lawyer in Mobile, Alabama, wrote to his daughter Eunice Sewall (1837-1918), who lived with her grandmother in Portland much of the time, about the benefits of cold water baths and stiz baths.

Sewall, whose wife, Lucretia Day Sewall, and the couple's six other children were in Portland for the summer, frequently wrote to his daughter, offering advice on education, health, and other matters.

He wrote, "I can but think that some diversity and recreation will do you much more good than medicine." He added later in the letter, "There is no mistake about it! Throw your pills to the dogs -- and try cold water and exercise -- and continue it -- till you feel its good effects."

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About This Item

• Title: Kiah Sewall advice on cold baths, Mobile, 1856
• Creator: Kiah Bayley Sewall
• Creation Date: 1856-07-14
• Subject Date: 1856-07-14
• Locations:
  • Mobile, Mobile County, AL
  • Portland, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 24.7 cm x 18.7 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 105, Box 1/3
• Collection: Sewall family papers
• Object Type: Text

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Sewall family
• Sewall, Eunice, 1837-1918--Correspondence
• Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865--Correspondence
• Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865--Family
• Therapeutic baths--Maine--Portland

People

• Sewall, Eunice Day
• Sewall, Kiah Bayley
• Sewall, Lucretia Day

Other Keywords

• Bathing
• Children
• Daughters
• Fathers
• Medical advice

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Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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