Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
George Pierce, a sophomore at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, wrote to his brother Josiah Pierce of Gorham about a fire that broke out in a student room and spread throughout the building.
He described furniture thrown out fourth-story windows. All books were saved, he wrote, except the "Theological Library, which perished in the flames."
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About This Item
- Title: George Pierce on fire at Bowdoin, 1822
- Creator: George Washington Pierce
- Creation Date: 1822-03-05
- Subject Date: 1822
- Location: Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866--Correspondence
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Correspondence
- Bowdoin College--Students
- Fires--Maine--Brunswick
- Bowdoin College--Fires, 1822
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