Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Kiah B. Sewall (1807-1865), a native of Phippsburg and a graduate of Bowdoin College, wrote to his father-in-law, Ezekiel Day of Portland, about an apparent improvement in economic conditions in New York and about his own gradual climb out of indebtedness.
Sewall lost money in land speculation and he and his wife, Lucretia Day Sewall, had been living apart while he attempted to sell assets, pay off debts, and study law.
He wrote to Ezekiel Day, "I am like a banished man separated from all I most value."
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About This Item
- Title: Kiah B. Sewall on economic conditions, New York, 1838
- Creator: Kiah Bayley Sewall
- Creation Date: 1838-06-16
- Subject Date: 1838
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- New York, NY
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.2 cm x 20.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 105, Box 1/4
- Collection: Sewall family papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Day, Ezekial--Correspondence
- Debt
- Land speculation
- Real estate investment
- Sewall family
- Sewall, Kiah Bayley, 1807-1865--Correspondence
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