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Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"The Union blockades cut off the export of cotton which caused extreme rises in bids from English buyers."

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Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… of being detained in southern ports or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats."

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Lt. John R. Andrews, Biddeford, ca. 1861

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… by the stoppage in cotton production & the cotton blockades. The Laconia Mills sold off much of their stock of cotton to European interests for…"