When Sanford was born about 1816, in Topsham, Lincoln, Maine, United States, her father, John Sandford, was 36 and her mother, Priscilla Delano, was 24.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Maine is the 23rd state.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
English (Devon): variant of Sandford .
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