Pearce family collection, 1802-1917 (bulk 1820-1863 )

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Pearce family collection, 1802-1917 (bulk 1820-1863 )

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76954942

Consists of correspondence, documents, a poem, and printed material of James Alfred Pearce, his father Gideon Pearce, his grandfather James Alfred Pearce, Sr., and his son James A. Pearce, Jr.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8181106

Princeton University Library

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Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Pearce family.

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Pearce, James A.

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United States. Congress. Senate

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, NJ). Class of 1822.

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Pearce, Gideon

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Pearce, James, 1730-1802.

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Pearce, James Alfred, 1805-1862

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William Pearce, the ancestor of the family was granted the majority of present day Colchester lands in Kent county, Maryland, around 800 acre, in 1778. The farm was at first used for tobacco production and by the early 1700s William Pearce had switched to grains, vegetables and fruit production. Gideon Pearce, his descendant, was operating a ferry from the northern-most point of Colchester Farm across to the Cecil County. James Alfred Pearce, representative and senator, was the gran...