American Memory Historical Collections
Abraham
Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers from the Manuscript
Division at the Library of Congress consist of approximately
20,000 documents. It contains a letter written
by Franklin
Pierce to Lincoln expressing his sympathy after
the death of Willie Lincoln on February 20, 1862. Pierce's
son was the same age as Willie when he was killed in a
railroad accident in 1853. This
is the only letter from Pierce in the Lincoln Papers.
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits
and Views, 1839-1864
The Library's daguerreotype collection consists of more
than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864, including
a photograph of Franklin
Pierce.
An
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and
Other Printed Ephemera
The Printed Ephemera collection comprises 28,000 primary
source items dating from the seventeenth century to the
present and encompasses key events and eras in American
history. Search the
bibliographic records and the full-text option to find
items related to Franklin Pierce.
Architecture
and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs
by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over
29,000 photographs primarily of architectural subjects,
including eight photographs of Franklin
Pierce's home in
Concord, New Hampshire.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections
document achievements in architecture, engineering, and
design in the United States, including
Pierce's
birthplace and early home in Hillsboro, New
Hampshire, and his law
office in Concord, New Hampshire.
By
Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies,
1789-Present
This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents
and first ladies, including two images of Franklin
Pierce and one image of his wife,
Jane
Means Pierce.
A
Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
This collection contains a large selection of congressional
material related to Franklin Pierce's political career
as a member of the House of Representatives, U.S. senator,
and president. Search
this collection by date and type of publication to
find materials related to Pierce.
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection,
1824-1909
This collection presents 396 pamphlets from the Rare Book
and Special Collections Division, published from 1822 through
1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote
about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction,
and related topics. It includes a
letter on slave emancipation that
was submitted to Franklin Pierce by the Indiana House
of Representatives on December 2, 1854.
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
The Historic American Sheet Music collection presents
3,042 pieces of sheet music drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library at Duke University, including
the song "President
Pierce's March and Quick Step."
"I
Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
This collection contains approximately 400 items relating
to presidential inaugurations, including Pierce's
1853 inauguration.
Highlights from this collection include:
Music
for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1820-1860 & 1870-1885
This collection contains more than 62,500 pieces of historical
sheet music registered for copyright, including five songs
related to Franklin Pierce.
The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books
The books in this collection bear nineteenth century American
imprints, dating mainly from between 1850 and 1880. Digitized
by the University of Michigan as part of the Making of
America project, there is one book on Franklin
Pierce's presidency published in 1856:
A
Review of Pierce's Administration; Showing Its Only Popular
Measures to Have Originated with the Executive of Millard
Fillmore. By Anna Ella Carroll.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This collection presents twenty-three popular periodicals
digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation
Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. Search
the bibliographic
records and the full-text options
to find articles that discuss Franklin Pierce.
Among the collection’s Pierce-related articles
are:
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