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Description
Converse Purington served in the Maine Legislature in 1880 representing Bowdoinham.
A Republican, he was born in Litchfield and went to sea as a young man, beginning as a foremast hand, and leaving off as a master mariner.
In 1852 went into trade in Bowdoinham.
About This Item
- Title: Converse Purington, Bowdoinham, 1880
- Creation Date: 1880
- Subject Date: 1880
- Location: Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 536
- Collection: Photograph album of the Maine Legislature
- Object Type: Image
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