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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James J. Dana papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-3003
Abstract Military commissions and appointments, 1841-1882, with some transmittal letters, and an 1890 certificate of membership in the Washington, D.C. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Includes an 1841 Massachusetts Militia commission and nine appointments issued and signed by U.S. Presidents Pierce, Lincoln, Johnson, and Arthur, and Secretaries of War Jefferson Davis, Edwin Stanton, and Robert T. Lincoln to regular and brevet ranks in the 4th Artillery Regiment, 1855-1857, and the...
Dates: 1841-1890

Military land warrant issued to Henry Pearcy

 File
Identifier: Midwest-MS-218
Abstract

Military land warrant deed issued to Henry Pearcy, a private in the Virginia militia during the War of 1812, for land in Chicago, Illinois. Signed by President Franklin Pierce and with the seal of the General Land Office.

Dates: 1854

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Autographs (Provenance) -- United States -- 19th century 1
Commissions -- Massachusetts -- 1801-1850 1
Commissions -- United States -- 1851-1900 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Military appointments 1