Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
John Dillingham wrote to Margaret Dennison of Freeport about their relationship, commenting, "I must trust luck hoping that all will be well ere long when neither of us will have any doubts as to the sincerity of each other."
Dillingham was a ship captain away at sea.
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About This Item
- Title: John Dillingham letter from New York, 1839
- Creator: John Griffin Dillingham
- Creation Date: 1839-09-05
- Subject Date: 1839-09-05
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Locations:
- New York, NY
- Freeport, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 153, Box 1/1
- Collection: John G. Dillingham papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cargo ships--Maine
- Courtship
- Dillingham family
- Dillingham, John G. (John Griffen), 1808-1869--Correspondence
- Dillingham, Margaret Dennison, 1818-1878--Correspondence
- Ship captains--Maine
- Shipping--Maine
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