Capt. John Griffin Dillingham, Freeport, ca. 1861
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Freeport Historical Society
Freeport was typical of mid nineteenth century coastal Maine towns where fishing, shipbuilding and deepwater sailors, both crew and officers, were dominant.
Among the families sending men to sea were the Dillinghams.
John G. Dillingham (1808-1869) was at sea young enough that by the 1830s he was commanding vessels.
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