Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
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.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Jeremiah Mason letter of condolence, 1830
- Creator: Jeremiah Mason
- Creation Date: 1830-02-12
- Subject Date: 1830
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Locations:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Correspondence
- Pierce family
- Pierce, Josiah, 1756-1830--Death & burial
- Mason, Jeremiah, 1768-1848--Correspondence
- Condolence notes
- Lawyers--New Hampshire
- Lawyers--Maine
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