Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
N.S. Littlefield, Theodore Ingalls, Richard Davis, Benjamin Walker, and Stephen Gibbs wrote to Josiah Pierce, George W. Pierce, J. Smith, and D. Brackett expressing their concern that if a legislative petition for a new town were approved, the Democrats would lose their hard-fought-for majority in the Maine Legislature.
Josiah Pierce was a Democrat and president of the Senate. George W. Pierce was his brother.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter concerning proposal for new town, 1834
- Creator: N. S. Littlefield
- Creation Date: 1834
- Subject Date: 1834
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Locations:
- Bridgton, Cumberland County, ME
- Danville, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Administrative and political divisions--Maine
- Maine--Towns
- Pierce, Josiah, 1792-1866--Correspondence
- Democratic Party (Me.)
People
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