Franklin Pierce University is named after the 14th President of the United States and the only president from New Hampshire. The university does not hold any Franklin Pierce artifacts or papers. His presidential papers are held by the Library of Congress.
Scholars will find Pierce manuscripts at the Henry E. Huntington Library in San Marino, California and the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, New Hampshire. The Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, New Hampshire houses many household artifacts.
Below are a list of links that may be helpful to people researching President Franklin Pierce.
Selected Biographies
- Biography from WhiteHouse.gov
- Biography from AmericanPresidents.org
- Biography from Wikipedia
- The Life of Franklin Pierce by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Full Text
- Biography from Virtuology.com
Jane Means Appleton Pierce
Places associated with Franklin Pierce
- Pierce Homestead
- Link to the childhood home of Franklin Pierce in Hillsborough, New Hampshire
- The Pierce Manse
- Franklin Pierce's home in Concord, NH
- Franklin Pierce's Gravesite
Innauguration Speech
- Inauguration
- Text of speech and images from the American Memory project at the Library of Congress
