# Sketches and Studies

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8091

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sketches+and+Studies+Hawthorne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Franklin Pierce was born at Hillsborough, in the State of New Hampshire, on the 23d of November, 1804. His native county, at the period of his birth, covered a much more extensive territory than at present, and might reckon among its children many memorable men, and some illustrious ones. General Stark, the hero of Bennington, Daniel Webster, Levi Woodbury, Jeremiah Smith, the eminent jurist, and governor of the state, General James Miller, General McNeil, Senator Atherton, were natives of old Hillsborough County.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sketches-and-studies-8091/chapters/4/index.md)