Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Josiah Pierce of London wrote to his aunt Anne Longfellow Pierce expressing his delight in seeing photographs in a magazine of "the familiar old Longfellow house."
Pierce (1827-1913), a native of Gorham, lived with his aunt in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland while he was studying law and first practicing law.
In 1855, Pierce received a diplomatic appointment to St. Petersburg, Russia. He lived abroad most of his adult life.
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About This Item
- Title: Josiah Pierce to Anne Longfellow Pierce, London, 1887
- Creator: Josiah Pierce
- Creation Date: 1887-01-19
- Subject Date: 1887
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Locations:
- London, England
- Portland, 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 family
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Correspondence
- Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913--Correspondence
- Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)
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