Papers of Josiah Pierce IV (1792-1866)
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 3.4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence organized chronologically, generally divided by family and friends; political correspondence organized alphabetically; Bowdoin College papers include correspondence as a student with family and friends, compositions, debates, and speeches, as well as later involvement with the college; later professional papers include speeches, legal judgments, Senate rule books, contracts, and receipts; extensive journals maintained throughout his life.
Dates
- Creation: 1705 - 2000
Creator
- From the Collection: Pierce family (Family)
- From the Collection: Hill family (Family)
- From the Collection: Barker family (Family)
- From the Collection: Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis, Archelaus, 1753-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gooch, Sarah R. P. (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, George Washington, 1805-1835 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, William Curtis (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1720-1799 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Phebe Thompson, 1862-1839 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sanborn, Phebe Elisabeth, 1823-1883 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Daniel, 1805-1856 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1946- (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1756-1830 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Hannah, 1788-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Josiah, 1811-1866 (Person)
- From the Collection: Crocker, Ruth Pierce, 1794- (Person)
- From the Collection: Freeman, Nancy Pierce, 1796- (Person)
- From the Collection: Freeman, Charles (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Harriet, 1798-1829 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Lewis, 1832-1915 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Henry Hill, 1875-1940 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Katherine Robinson Curtis, 1882-1970 (Person)
- From the Collection: Pierce, Elizabeth Neall Gay, 1907-2005 (Person)
Access
Unrestricted.
Extent
From the Collection: 23 Linear Feet (+ 1 oversized box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Maine Historical Society Repository