Franklin Pierce Papers 1820-1869

Pierce, Jane M. (Jane Means), 1806-1863

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Jane Means Appleton Pierce was the wife of the 14th President, Franklin Pierce. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. Born in Hampton, New Hampshire and raised in Brunswick, Maine, after the death of her father, Jane Appleton's mother had taken the family to Amherst, New Hampshire. While there, Jane met a Bowdoin graduate, a young lawyer with political ambitions, Franklin Pierce. Although Pierce was immediately devoted to Jane, they did not marry until she was 28...

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

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Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he attended Philli...

Burke, Edmund, 1809-1882

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Lawyer, newspaper editor, and U.S. representative. From the description of Edmund Burke papers, 1821-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81993513 ...

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857. From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903 U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. From the description of Caleb Cushin...

McNeil, Elizabeth, 1788-1855

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Curtis, James L. (James Langdon)

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Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857

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New York attorney and statesman; served as United States Secretary of State under President Pierce. From the description of William Learned Marcy letter, 1857 Mar. 15. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 255631874 Senator, Governor of New York, 1833-39. From the description of Letter 1834 March 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617820 Secretary of War under Polk. Secretary of State under Pierce. From the description of Autog...

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...

Webster, Sidney, 1828-1910

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....

McNeil, John, 1784-1850

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Army officer; brother-in-law of U.S. president Franklin Pierce; b. in Hillsborough, N.H.; d. Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1810-1858. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963820 Born in Hillsborough, N.H. in 1784, Comm. Capt. 11th Infantry March 12, 1813. Brev. Lt. Col. for victory at battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814. Brev. Big. Gen. and was Made Col. of 1st Inf. Aug. 28, 1826. Resigned April 23, 1830 to become surveyor of the ...

Fowler, Asa, 1811-1885

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Bell, Samuel D. (Samuel Dana), 1798-1868

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George, John H. (John Hatch), 1824-1888

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Lawyer. U.S. district attorney, and Democratic Party official, of Concord, N.H. From the description of Correspondence, 1840-1873. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961465 ...

Pierce, Benjamin, 1757-1839

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Governor of New Hampshire; father of U.S. president Franklin Pierce. From the description of Papers, 1802-1847. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963855 Revolutionary War soldier; land agent; miliita brigadier-general; Governor of New Hampshire; father of President Franklin Pierce. From the description of Letter to "My dear professor" Henry, 1805 May 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64590450 ...

Peaslee, Charles Hazen, 1804-1866

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Lawyer and U.S. representative, of Concord, N.H. From the description of Correspondence, 1831-1852. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963847 ...

Atherton, Charles Gordon, 1804-1853

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Lawyer and U.S. representative and senator, of Nashua, N.H. From the description of Papers, 1772-1853. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961414 Charles Gordon Atherton (1804-1853) was a Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire, 1837-1849. From the description of Papers, 1838-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207109601 American politician and laywer, U. S. Congressman from New Hampshire, 1837-43, U. S. Senator from New ...

Seymour, Thomas H. (Thomas Hart), 1807-1868

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Hatch, Albert Ruyter, 1817-1882

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Lawyer, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Papers, 1841-1893. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963780 From the description of Papers, 1847-1861. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 154687904 ...

Campbell, James, 1812-1893

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U.S. postmaster general and jurist. From the description of James Campbell commission, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456109 Lawyer and politician, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania attorney general, 1852-1853; U.S. postmaster general, 1853-1857. From the description of Document, 1853 Nov. 30. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27989416 ...