Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
Horatio Bridge, a lawyer in Augusta and Bowdoin College classmate, wrote to George Washington Pierce, a lawyer in Portland, reporting on various political intrigues in Augusta, including some involving the Northeast Boundary dispute.
He also reported on a publisher being charged with libel.
The beginning of the letter concerns a legal matter and is signed "Marbury & Bridge."
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Horatio Bridge to G.W. Pierce on political issues, 1832
- Creator: Horatio Bridge
- Creation Date: 1832-06-28
- Subject Date: 1832
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Northeast boundary of the United States
- Bridge, Horatio, 1806-1893--Correspondence
- Maine--Politics and government
- Pierce, George W. (George Washington)--Correspondence
- Letters
- Legislators--Maine
- Bowdoin College. Class of 1825
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