Jeremiah Mason letter of condolence, 1830

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Jeremiah Mason of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, wrote to George W. Pierce of Portland expressing his condolences on the death of Pierce's father, Josiah Pierce of Baldwin.

Mason, a prominent Portsmouth lawyer, was the father of Alfred Mason, one of Pierce's friends and classmate at Bowdoin College. Alfred Mason also had died by the time the letter was written.

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  • Title: Jeremiah Mason letter of condolence, 1830
  • Creator: Jeremiah Mason
  • Creation Date: 1830-02-12
  • Subject Date: 1830
  • Locations:
    • Portsmouth, NH
    • Portland, Cumberland County, ME
  • Media: Ink on paper
  • Local Code: Coll. 4210
  • Collection: Pierce family collection
  • Object Type: Text

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