Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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George Washington Pierce, traveling in St. Louis, wrote to Stephen Longfellow, with whom he had studied law in Portland, recapping his trip from Maine to Washington, D.C., then to St. Louis.
Pierce had been looking for a place to set up his law practice in the West. He wrote to Longfellow, his future father-in-law, that while he liked Cincinnati, "the prospect for professional men is not so fair in Ohio as in Maine."
He also wrote, "The farther I have traveled West the more of a Stranger have I felt myself."
He told Longfellow that "the practice of Law in the Western States, is a less lucrative, less agreeable, and less honourable employment than it is in New England."
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About This Item
- Title: G.W. Pierce to Stephen Longfellow, 1829
- Creator: George W. Pierce
- Creation Date: 1829-03-19
- Subject Date: 1829
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Locations:
- OH
- Gorham, 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
- Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849--Correspondence
- Pierce family
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Correspondence
- Letters
- Job hunting
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Travel
- Lawyers--Maine
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