Folder 9
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Pierce, James, 1811-1813
Folder 9
File — Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents
Four letters to Mary Pierce. Discusses financial matters, including problems with the bank, a relevant bill in Congress, and his new employment with Bank of America; a cruise on a privateering ship; and a declaration of war between England and France. In another letter, he copies extracts from his journal, with a reference to the activity of diary-keeping by schoolgirls at the Litchfield Female Academy, and mentions the scarcity of coffee due to a blockade.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1811-1813