Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Kiah Sewall, who is living in New York attempting to get his financial affairs in order, has been separated from his wife, Lucretia Day Sewall, for more than a year, writes to her in Portland to tell her he is ill and that he can no longer live without her.
He wrote, "I might as well not live - if forever we are to be thus separated and still why do I complain - since it is all my fault - rather my misfortune ..."
The couple married in March 1836 in Portland and Lucretia gave birth to their daughter Eunice in August 1837. Sewall had not yet seen his daughter.
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About This Item
- Title: Kiah Sewall on illness, misfortunes, New York, 1838
- Creator: Kiah Bayley Sewall
- Creation Date: 1838-03-15
- Subject Date: 1838
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- New York , NY
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.2 cm x 20 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 105, Box 1/4
- Collection: Sewall family papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Children
- Debt
- Land speculation
- Love
- Real estate investment
- Sewall family
- Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865--Correspondence
- Sewall, Lucretia Day--Correspondence
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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