President Franklin Pierce Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE
Born: November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Died: October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire
Died: October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire
PIERCE (1804-1869) served New Hampshire as a US Representative (1833-1837) and Senator (1837-1942). He gave good service as a brigadier general in the Mexican War. As the 14th President - the only one from New Hampshire - Pierce had some successes: the Gadsden Purchase of land from Mexico and the opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry. He alienated northerners, however, with his support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Act. His reputation suffered further when it was learned in 1863 that he had secretly corresponded with Confederate President Jefferson Davis (who had been Pierce's Secretary of War), and expressed opposition to the US war effort.
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FRANKLIN PIERCE An autograph fragment unsigned by Franklin Pierce. Autograph Fragment, unsigned, 6¼x1½. In full: "Honr Nathaniel Hawthorne". FRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869), who served as 14th U.S.Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE. ALS: "Fr. Pierce", 1p, 7x8¾. Washington, Tuesday Morg. (no date). To Gov. Marcy. In full: "Dr Whitman will with the dispatches hand you a letter from Mr Clay addressed to me.Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE. Political ALS: "Frank Pierce" as U.S. Senator, 2p, 8x10. Washington, 1842 January 16. To newspaper publisher H.H. Carroll, Esq., Concord, N.H. In full: "Your note of the 11th inst was received last night.Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE. Country lawyer has misplaced his legal papers. ALS: "Fr Pierce", 1p, 8x10. Concord, 1851 February 18. Pierce writes on blue paper to Perley Dodge Esq., Amherst, N.H.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE Franklin Pierce sends a black bordered autograph letter about a mutual friend. Black-bordered Autograph Letter Signed: "Franklin Pierce", 4p, 5x8, front and verso. Concord, N.H., 1865 July 7. To Mrs. Sarah F. Webster, City of New York.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE The former President declines an invitation from a Massachusetts group. Autograph Letter Signed: "Franklin Pierce", 2p, 4¼x7, front and verso. Rockingham House, Portsmouth, N.H., 1857 September 25.Six and a half months after leaving the White House, the former 14th U.S.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE Franklin Pierce sends an autograph letter sending on his remembrances after a short visit with a friend. Autograph Letter Signed: "Franklin Pierce", 2p, 5x7¼. Concord, New Hampshire, 1868 October 19. To I.I. McCarter Esq., "now at Watertown, Mass.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE He arranges a meeting in Boston with a man he had appointed to office. Autograph Letter Signed: "Franklin Pierce", 1½p, 5x8, front and verso. Concord, New Hampshire, 1865 December 9. To Charles P. Thompson, Gloucester, Mass.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE The former Senator and Brigadier General in the Mexican War writes a letter of introduction for a fellow officer to his U.S. Senator. Autograph Letter Signed: "Fr. Pierce", 1p, 8x10. Concord, 1848 December 17. To Hon. C.G. Atherton, U.S. Senator, Washington, D.C.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE and WILLIAM L. MARCY The President and Secretary of State sign the appointment of a consul for the Cape Verde Islands. Diplomatic Appointment signed: "Franklin Pierce" as 14th U.S. President and "W.L. Marcy" as Secretary of State, 1p, 17¾x14.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE and WILLIAM L. MARCY. Rare Manuscript Letter of State signed: "Franklin Pierce" as 14th U.S. President and "W.L. Marcy" as Secretary of State, 1½p, 10½x16¾. Washington, 1854 July 24.to the President of the Republic of Chile (Manuel Montt).Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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FRANKLIN PIERCE. Original Pamphlet: "Special Message/of/President Pierce/to the/Senate of the United States:/May 3, 1854", 16p, 5½x9, 1854. Washington: Printed by A.O.P. Nicholson.Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
