Contributed by Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society
Description
Josiah Pierce (1827-1913) wrote to his aunt Anne Longfellow Pierce to tell her that Henry Houghton had the letters Anne Pierce and the Maine Historical Society sought and that he was on his way to the U.S. with them.
The letters were from British citizens who were recruited as part of the Longfellow Memorial Committee to raise money and write in support of a bust of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1801-1882) in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey in London.
Pierce suggested she insure that Longfellow's children and other family members agreed with the effort to have the letters reside in Portland. Houghton was given the letters for "safe-keeping" only.
Pierce, a native of Gorham who lived in London, was helping his aunt with contacts in London to secure the letters for the Historical Society.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: J. Pierce on need for action on Longfellow bust letters, London, 1883
- Creator: Josiah Pierce
- Creation Date: 1883-07-23
- Subject Date: 1883
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- London, England
- Media: Ink on paper
- Collection: Pierce family collection
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Commemoration
- Maine Historical Society
- Pierce family
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Correspondence
- Pierce, Josiah, 1827-1913--Correspondence
- Poets' Corner (Westminster Abbey)
- Sculptures
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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