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True (Cyrus) Papers
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Description
Letters and documents received by Cyrus True, of Searsport, Maine, documenting his attempts to speculate in land in the late
19th century.
Background
Cyrus True was born in 1822 in Prospect, Maine, one of four children of Jane True and sea captain Miles Fowler. He retained
his mother's name after his parents separated and worked as a justice of the peace in Searsport, Maine. True died in Searsport
in 1905.
Extent
0.83 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
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