Benjamin Osgood Peirce Papers

Collection

Identifier: MU-PP-0104

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Benjamin Osgood Peirce Collection Finding Aid

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains mostly letters between Peirce, his wife, and his parents (1812-83) while he was at Penfield. The letters discuss personal, family, and school matters. Most of these items are photocopies.

Dates

Creation: 1838-1914
Creation: Majority of material found within 1838-1849

Rights Statement

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Biographical / Historical

Benjamin Osgood Peirce was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1812. Educated in the public schools of Beverly as well as the South Reading Academy, he received the A. B. from Waterville College in Maine in 1835. He married Mehetable Osgood Seccomb on June 15, 1841, and taught in New Hampshire before coming south to Georgia, where he was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at Mercer University from 1841 to 1847. The correct spelling of the family name is Peirce, not Pierce.