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Samuel R. Jackson: Rags to Riches Part 2
When Samuel R. Jackson, farm-boy-turned-merchant, headed to the Gold Coast in 1850, he faced a long and arduous journey by foot, wagon train, or ship. He may well have joined several other adventurers from the Topsham area who sailed down the Atlantic...
Samuel R. Jackson: Rags to Riches Part 1
The Brunswick Telegraph said it best: Samuel Randall Jackson “was the architect of his own fortunes.” Born in New Hampshire in 1803, then raised on a small Vermont farm, Samuel realized early that rural life wasn’t for him. So at age thirteen he left home...