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Document 27678
FRANKLIN PIERCE. Country lawyer has misplaced his
legal papers. ALS: "Fr Pierce", 1p, 8x10. Concord, 1851 February
18. Pierce writes on blue paper to Perley Dodge Esq., Amherst, N.H. In
full: "Since my return I do not find my docket and having sent to
Manchester learn that it was not left in my room at Shepherds-and think I must
have left it in the Court Room or at your room. Please to write me and if you
find the docket send it over to Manchester to be forwarded by Chaney & Co.'s
express. I hope you will get this in season to send tomorrow as I cannot make my
charges & credits without the docket. In haste." Pierce had resigned
from the U.S. Senate in 1842, returning to his family in Concord, N.H. In the
course of the next ten years he became a noted local lawyer, managing local
Democratic campaigns. As a result of divided support for James Buchanan,
Stephen A. Douglas, William L. Marcy and Lewis Cass in the 1852 Democratic
presidential nomination, Pierce, who received no votes on the first ballot, was
able to obtain the nomination on the 49th ballot. Lightly smudged by Pierce at
the center where he had begun to write a word but then attempted to erase the
letter. Folds, 1 touching the ascender of the "P". Overall, fine
appearance.
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