Recommendation for Horace Jordan, Portland, 1863
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Maine Historical Society
Not all requests related to ships and shipping. Louisiana, disrupted by war, seemed fertile soil to some northerners.
Samuel J. Anderson, a lawyer in Portland who no doubt knew Shepley, wrote to recommend Horace M. Jordan of Westbrook, who had studied law in Anderson's office.
Anderson wrote that Jordan was visiting New Orleans and planned to relocate there. Jordan reportedly wanted to enter a law firm, go into business for himself, or work as a newspaper editor or reporter if the law was not a possibility.
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