Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
George W. Pierce, a junior at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, wrote to his brother to tell him the part he had gotten for exhibition -- a public event where selected students read or gave assigned recitations.
Pierce also discusses how different all of the siblings in the family are -- in appearance and temperament. He was the youngest of eight who had survived to that time.
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About This Item
- Title: George Pierce on exhibition part, Brunswick, 1824
- Creator: George Washington Pierce
- Creation Date: 1824-03-22
- Subject Date: 1824
- 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
- Bowdoin College
- Letters
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Correspondence
- Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866--Correspondence
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