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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 6, Addenda, 1824-1864; Part A; Correspondence and manuscripts, 1824-1857 , undated- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1824
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 6, Addenda, 1824-1864; Part B; Correspondence and engraved portrait, 1843-1844 , 1857 , 1864- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1843
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 1, Diary, 1847; 1847, May 27-July 30- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1847-05-27
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence, 1838-1868; 1838-1853- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1838
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence, 1838-1868; 1854-1863- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1854
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence, 1838-1868; 1864-1868- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1864
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1820-1869; 1820-1842- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1820
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1820-1869; 1843-1852 July 10- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1843
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1820-1869; 1852 July 11-1858 Apr.- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1852-07-11
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 3, Additional Correspondence, 1820-1869; 1858 July-1869- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1858-07
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 4, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1838-1869; 1838-1869- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1838
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialFranklin Pierce Papers: Series 5, Messages to Congress, 1853-1856; 1853-1856- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1853
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialInaugural Address, March 4, 1853, printed with Pierce's emendations.- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
- Date: 1853-03-04
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CollectionFranklin Pierce Papers The papers of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), army officer, representative and senator from New Hampshire, and fourteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 2,350 items dating from 1820 to 1869. They include correspondence, a photostatic copy of a diary kept by Pierce while serving in the Mexican War, drafts of Pierce’s messages to Congress, and an engraved portrait. Pierce’s correspondence relates chiefly to his…- Contributor: Pierce, Franklin
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Web PageRelated Resources Selected archival collections Edmund Burke Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. LC catalog record. Finding aid available in HTML and PDF formats. Congressional Temperance Society (Washington, D.C.) Minute Book, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. LC catalog record. Caleb Cushing Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. LC catalog record. Finding aid available in HTML and PDF formats. Benjamin B. French Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library…
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Web PageRights and Access The Library of Congress believes that many of the papers in the Franklin Pierce collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse. For example, all manuscripts that President Pierce wrote are in the public domain. The Library has also obtained permission for the use of many other materials, and presents additional materials pursuant…
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ArticleArticles and Essays Articles and Essays Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) A chronology of key events in the life of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), fourteenth president of the United States. Provenance of the Franklin Pierce Papers How did the Franklin Pierce
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ArticleProvenance of the Franklin Pierce Papers How did the Franklin Pierce papers come to the Library of Congress? This essay, originally written for the Index to the Franklin Pierce Papers (Washington, D.C., 1962), pp. v-vi, tells the story.
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ArticleFranklin Pierce (1804 to 1869) A chronology of key events in the life of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), fourteenth president of the United States.