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Engraving

Franklin Pierce

1876

Smith, Henry Wright, 1828-?

One print of Franklin Pierce dated 1864. Engraved by H.W. Smith from an original painting by U.D. Tinney.

GLC08878.1255
GLC07989
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Autograph document

Affix seal to ratification of Gadsen purchase

1854/06/29

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Affix seal to ratification of Gadsen purchase (presently Arizona and New Mexico)

GLC07989
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Autograph letter signed

to George M. Dallas

1858/01/20

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Buchana's Presidency and politics: " Does it not sound oddly enough to hear ... Douglas ... Question whether he is indeed in or out of the Democratic party? These early open divisions certainly do not argur well."

GLC07990
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Document signed

[Commission of Robert G. Cole]

March 31, 1853

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Cole was named Second Lieutenant in the Eighth Regiment of Infantry. Signed by Franklin Pierce as President and Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War. Cole was later Lee's engineer at Gettysburg. White and red papaer seal on upper lefthand corner...

GLC03083
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Autograph letter signed

to William M. Lowry

16 August 1857

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Analyzes the current political situation in Tennessee and the state of the Democratic Party. Discusses West H. Humphreys, a federal judge in Tennessee with Confederate sympathies. Says Humphreys has "taken it into his head that [Gideon J.] Pillow...

GLC02848
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Document signed

[Authorization for James Buchanan to conclude a Consular Convention with Great Britian]

1 November 1854

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

President Pierce directs Secretary of State William Learned Marcy to affix the United States seal. Confirms full power for Buchanan, Minister to Great Britain, to conclude a consular convention.

GLC02585
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Autograph letter signed

to D. W. Burroughs

18 March 1838

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Pierce, writing as a United States Senator from Vermont, responds to a letter from Reverend Burroughs. In reference to their conflicting views on slavery, promises to send Burroughs a copy of the United States Constitution, as he requested. Writes...

GLC02634
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Print

Portrait of Franklin Pierce

H.B. Hall & Sons (New York, N.Y.), fl. 1850-1900

One print of Franklin Pierce. Color bust.

GLC04675.55
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Manuscript document signed

Pardon of William Smith (c/s Wm. L. Marcy)

1854/07/14

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Smith was convicted of "maltreatment of a seaman on board of the ship Golden Racer." Countersigned by William L. Marcy.

GLC06937
GLC02925.15
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Autograph letter signed

to Alfred Burr

December 29. 1859

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Remarks, " ... my conviction that this is preeminently the time, possibly the only time, for an earnest & successful effort to overthrow sectionalism in the Northern States." Marked private at top.

GLC02925.15

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