Jane Pierce letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne with four cartes-de-visite [manuscript], 1863, undated.

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Jane Pierce letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne with four cartes-de-visite [manuscript], 1863, undated.

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Pierce thanks Hawthorne for expressing his appreciation of Franklin Pierce as a life long friend and a leader in the dedicatiaon & preface to "Our old home." She notes that her husband is unwell and sends regards to Hawthorne's family. In a postscript she comments on what parts of the book she most enjoyed. Docket on verso reads "Mrs Pierce to Hawthorne. Handed to me by Mrs. Hawthorne June 1864" indicating the return of the letter to Pierce as a souvenir of Jane after her death. With the letter are three cartes-de-visite of Jane Pierce and one of Franklin Pierce.

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

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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