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Audio Version of HISTORICAL NEW HAMPSHIRE

"Revealing Relationships: The Family and Friends of Franklin Pierce"

Historical New Hampshire, Volume 59, No. 1, Spring 2005

Editor: Donna-Belle Garvin, Director of Publications, New Hampshire Historical Society
The nation’s fourteenth president and some of his most influential friends and relatives. New Hampshire Historical Society.
Preface

Author: Jayme H. Simỡes, Chairman, Franklin Pierce Bicentennial


(5.12 mb, ~5 min listening time)



Introduction

Author: Michael J. Connolly, Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana


(7.45 mb, ~8 min listening time)



Franklin Pierce (1804–69), oil on canvas, by George P. A. Healy (1813–94), 1853.  Charismatic and affable, Franklin Pierce formed a strong network of relationships in his youth that influenced his later career. New Hampshire Historical Society.
"Inheriting the Revolution: Benjamin Pierce’s World, Ideals, and Legacy"

Author: Wesley G. Balla, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, New Hampshire Historical Society


(34.2 mb, ~37 min listening time)



Benjamin Pierce (1757–1839), father of United States President Franklin Pierce; oil on canvas, by Henry Willard (1802–55), c. 1835.  "His excellency Governor Pierce, is [a] revolutionary hero, about seventy years of age; a tall, noble figure, and one of the most benevolent men of the age."  New Hampshire Historical Society.
"Franklin Pierce and Bowdoin College Associates Hawthorne and Hale"

Author: Peter A. Wallner, author of Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son


(54.8 mb, ~60 min listening time)



Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–64), oil on canvas, by George P. A. Healy (1813–94), 1852.  As Franklin Pierce's relationship with fellow Bowdoin student John Parker Hale (1806–73) deteriorated, his friendship with another, Nathaniel Hawthorne, deepened. New Hampshire Historical Society.
"The President's Wife, Jane Means Appleton Pierce: A Woman of Her Time"

Authors: Jane Walter Venzke, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire, and Craig Paul Venzke, independent consultant


(48.6 mb, ~53 min listening time)



Jane Means Appleton Pierce (1806–63), photograph by John Adams Whipple (1822–91), 1853.  "I have known many of the ladies of the White House, none more truly excellent than the afflicted wife of President Pierce," who was in mourning during much of her husband's administration for their son Benny. New Hampshire Historical Society.
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