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"Franklin Pierce and his abolition allies"
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Life of Franklin Pierce :
Manuscripts
Partial autograph draft (HM 10850) of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Life of Franklin Pierce (1852) including a two-page preface and pages numbered 24-39, 53-77, and 84-88 (49 pages); also present is a handwritten copy of an article about Pierce by the Chief Justice of New Hampshire, which is not in Hawthorne's hand and is inserted following page numbered 37 (9 pages). Date on preface is 1852 August 27, with location Concord, Massachusetts. Draft pages correspond to text on pages 36-65, 84-122, and 132-140 of the 1852 published edition. Also present in volume are six autograph letters signed from Nathaniel Hawthorne to publisher William D. Ticknor, 1852 August-September (HM 10851, HM 10853, HM 10856, HM 10857, HM 10858, HM 10860) and six autograph letters signed from Franklin Pierce to William D. Ticknor or to Ticknor & Co., 1852 August-September (HM 10852, HM 10854, HM 10855, HM 10859, HM 10861, HM 10862); letters primarily discuss editorial work on the draft and publication of the book. All items are inlaid in leather binding, presumably by collector William K. Bixby, with binding title: Original Manuscripts and Letters by Nathaniel Hawthorne / Life of Pierce. Volume includes Bixby's bookplate.
mssHM 10850-10862
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John Milton Bernhisel letter to Franklin Pierce
Manuscripts
Letter to President Franklin Pierce from John Milton Bernhisel, written while he was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Bernhisel writes to Pierce of public opinion in Utah, particularly regarding the Territory's desire to retain Brigham Young as governor. Bernhisel praises Young, noting that he possesses "the entire confidence of the people." He continues that "respecting Governor Young I would...refer your Excellency to...Stephen A. Douglas of the United States Senate." Bernhisel continues that Utah would like to see Zerubbabel Snow kept as Associate Judge, and that Seth M. Blair remain as United States Attorney for the district of Utah, and mentions Blair's original recommendation from Sam Houston. The letter is unsigned and appears incomplete.
mssHM 23782
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People of California petition to President Franklin Pierce
Manuscripts
This manuscript is a petition addressed to United States President Franklin Pierce, from the "Citizens of the Northern District of the State of California," calling for the removal from office of J. Y. Mcduffie, Marshal of the Northern District, on account of his being "a professional gambler in this State, and that his appointment to office is exceedingly obnoxious to the moral sense of the People of this District." Printed form, with fifty-two hand-written signatures.
mssHM 2058