Job Pierson Family Papers 1755-1908 (bulk 1809-1896)

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Job Pierson Family Papers 1755-1908 (bulk 1809-1896)

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Chiefly letters (1831-1835) written by Job Pierson (1791-1860) to his wife, Clarissa Bulkeley Pierson, while serving in Congress describing life in Washington, D.C., during the administration of Andrew Jackson; journal and typewritten transcripts of diary entries of Job Pierson (1824-1896) relating to his studies at Williams College, his religious conversion, family life, and his career as a Presbyterian clergyman in New York and Michigan.

600 items; 5 containers plus 1 oversize; 1.5 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357801

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Pierson, Job, 1824-1896

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Pearson family.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Pierson, Philip T. H.

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Pierson, Bowen Whiting

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Pierson, Clarissa Bulkeley

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Pearson family.

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Williams College

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Pierson, Job, 1791-1860

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Job Pierson (1791-1860) was a lawyer in Albany and a U.S. representative from New York. His son, Job Pierson (1824-1896), was a Presbyterian clergyman in New York and Michigan and later librarian at Alma College, Alma, Mich. From the description of Job Pierson family papers, 1755-1908 (bulk 1809-1896). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982920 Biographical Notes Job Pierson (1791-1860) ...