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Kiah B. Sewall, a native of Edgecomb who was practicing law in Mobile, Alabama, wrote a brief autobiography, recounting the highlights of his education and working life.
A graduate of Bowdoin College in 1829, Sewall taught school and engaged in lumber land speculation, going bankrupt before he married Lucretia Day of Portland in 1836.
After a number of years of seeking legal and business opportunities, he became a lawyer in Mobile in 1839 and did well financially until the Civil War began in 1861.
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About This Item
- Title: Kiah B. Sewall brief autobiography, Alabama, ca. 1854
- Creator: Kiah Bayley Sewall
- Creation Date: circa 1854
- Subject Date: circa 1854
- Location: Mobile, AL
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.2 cm x 19.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 105, Box 1/7
- Collection: Sewall family papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Autobiography
- Debt
- Economic & social conditions
- Land speculation
- Real estate investment
- Recessions
- Sewall family
- Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865
- Sewall, Lucretia Day--Family
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