From Jerome to Allie, April XX, 1856
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Title
From Jerome to Allie, April XX, 1856
Subject
Peirce, Jerome
Allie
Description
From Jerome to Allie
Creator
Jerome Peirce
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
1856-04-XX
Contributor
NPS, Civil War Study Group, Josef Rokus (Transcriber)
Rights
For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904).
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Letter #235
Coverage
Unknown
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LETTER TRANSCRIPTION
To “Allie”
Dearest of all my earthly friends,
Again I fly to thee,
Whose blessed Image ever blends
In all that’s dear to me.
The toils of day and eve’s repose,
Alike thy presence brings.
When sleep serene, my eyelids close
To thee my spirit wings.
How deeply thus doth love enshrine
Its object in the soul!
And guides the heart to things divine,
And Heaven – its final goal.
Oh blessed thought! For those who love,
An immortality remains.
And in a brighter world above,
A balm for all our pains.
April ‘56
Written by my Father when engaged to Mother.
Lucy S. Peirce
To “Allie”
Dearest of all my earthly friends,
Again I fly to thee,
Whose blessed Image ever blends
In all that’s dear to me.
The toils of day and eve’s repose,
Alike thy presence brings.
When sleep serene, my eyelids close
To thee my spirit wings.
How deeply thus doth love enshrine
Its object in the soul!
And guides the heart to things divine,
And Heaven – its final goal.
Oh blessed thought! For those who love,
An immortality remains.
And in a brighter world above,
A balm for all our pains.
April ‘56
Written by my Father when engaged to Mother.
Lucy S. Peirce
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Jerome Peirce and Albinia Jaquith were married on September 10, 1857. More specifically, the Pension File obtained from the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C., contains a Certification from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as required as proof of marriage by the U.S. Pension Office in order to approve the widow’s pension that Albinia applied for. That document reads, “The marriage of Jerome Peirce of Charlestown, aged 26 years, and Albinia Jaquith of Billerica, aged 28, was solemnized at Billerica on September 10, 1857, by Rev. J. G. D. Stearnes.” Further research shows that the Rev. Jesse G. D. Stearnes was the minister at the Congregational Church on Andover Street in Billerica, Massachusetts, from 1843 until 1867.
Jerome Peirce and Albinia Jaquith were married on September 10, 1857. More specifically, the Pension File obtained from the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C., contains a Certification from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as required as proof of marriage by the U.S. Pension Office in order to approve the widow’s pension that Albinia applied for. That document reads, “The marriage of Jerome Peirce of Charlestown, aged 26 years, and Albinia Jaquith of Billerica, aged 28, was solemnized at Billerica on September 10, 1857, by Rev. J. G. D. Stearnes.” Further research shows that the Rev. Jesse G. D. Stearnes was the minister at the Congregational Church on Andover Street in Billerica, Massachusetts, from 1843 until 1867.
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Reference
Jerome Peirce 1856-04-XX, From Jerome to Allie, April XX, 1856, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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