Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Kiah B. Sewall wrote from New York to his wife, Lucretia Day Sewall in Portland. The couple had only been married a little more than three months when he wrote about love, marriage and his desire to see her.
Sewall was in New York trying to get out of debt. He also planned to study law.
Sewall (1807-1865), a native of Edgecomb and an 1829 graduate of Bowdoin College, had gotten into debt through land speculation.
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About This Item
- Title: Kiah Sewall letter to wife, New York, 1836
- Creator: Kiah Bayley Sewall
- Creation Date: 1836-08-31
- Subject Date: 1836
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Locations:
- New York, NY
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.5 cm x 20.2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 105, Box 1/1
- Collection: Sewall family papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Debt
- Land speculation
- Real estate investment
- Sewall family
- Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865--Correspondence
- Sewall, Lucretia Day--Correspondence
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