Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[David Lockmiller]

(03-20-2024 02:12 PM)Anita Wrote:  Yes Rob, it was Nathaniel Hawthorne!

The quote is from a letter he wrote to his sister. Pierce and Hawthorne were very close life-long friends.
See a copy of the letter and the read the circumstances that brought Piece and Hawthorne together that night.
https://www.shapell.org/historical-persp...hawthorne/

Pierce was devastated. In the handful of years left to him – lonely, sad, and increasingly alcoholic – he reread all of Hawthorne’s books.