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Description
Josiah Pierce (1756-1830) wrote from Flintstown (Baldwin) to Phebe Thompson (1762-1839) of Woburn, Massachusetts, on October 28, 1786, telling her how much he missed her and commenting that he was getting the house ready that they would live in after they married.
He comments in a postscript that he has included an acrostic, but the bottom of that page of the letter is missing.
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About This Item
- Title: Josiah Pierce to Phebe Thompson, Flintstown, 1786
- Creator: Josiah Pierce
- Creation Date: 1786-10-28
- Subject Date: 1786
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Locations:
- Baldwin, Cumberland County, ME
- Woburn, MA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Love-letters
- Courtship
- Pierce, Josiah, 1756-1830--Correspondence
- Pierce, Phebe Thompson, 1762-1839--Correspondence
- Letters
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