Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
George W. Pierce, a student at Bowdoin College, wrote to his sisters in Baldwin about a fire at Bowdoin that burned a college dormitory.
Pierce note that he was fortunate to be living in private housing at the time of the fire.
He had previously written to his brother Josiah, who graduated from Bowdoin in 1818, about the fire.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: G.W. Pierce on Bowdoin fire, 1822
- Creator: George W. Pierce
- Creation Date: 1822-03-08
- Subject Date: 1822
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Locations:
- Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Baldwin, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 4210
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Bowdoin College
- Letters
- Pierce, Harriot, 1798-1829--Correspondence
- Pierce family
- Gooch, Sarah Pierce, 1800-1851--Correspondence
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Correspondence
- Fires--Maine--Brunswick
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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