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Memorial for Franklin Pierce Sparks Monument Debate
In a vivid letter the Richmond Enquirer suggests a public tribute to Franklin Pierce, proposing a grand monument or pedestal. The piece envisions a triumphal pillar with scenes from his administration, urging posterity to remember his deeds rather than mere material memorials. It contrasts with plantation gifts and discusses several Civil War era events and Illinois Agricultural Society matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuanauin Prencx
Richmond Enquirer
Mailberow
Blenheim
Wellington
Apsley House
Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Véndome
gillay
Napoleon
Boulogne
Austerlitz
Baltimore
Congress
Capitol
Senate
net
Union
New York
S’avery
Rome
Kansas
House
Greytown
Porland
U.S
Trollins
iba
St. Domingo
Soule mee f
El Dorado
Ostend
Parkville Suminary
Missouri
General Assembly
Ferritory
cition
Shannon
Richardson
Lawrence
Wakarisa
Thomas Barber
Major Clarke
R. P. Brown
Kickapoo rangers
Marshal Donelson
Justice Lecompte
Grand Jury
Free State
Topeka
Missouri river
Free States
Warsaw
Cincinnati
Achange
Suray- Non
Geary
Grany
Lecompre
Peoria
Powell
Mesara
Ellsworth
Kile
Capron
C. W. Mustfeldt
Miller
Salem
State Agricultural Society
Kennicott
Lapham
Illinois
society
H. C. Jones
John.P. Reynolds
Uriah Milla
Wall of Bond co
W. Bebb
Lockport
Winnebago co
L. H. Elliott
Paris
Edgar co
L. Ellsworth
S. Francis
Saxton & Co
RUAPERS
Ilinois State Agricultural Society
Staixoringo
Illinois State Agricultural Society
Springfield
Francis
Marion county
J. E. McCaan
society for