A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce

"A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce" is a collection of presidential documents published between 1897 and 1911. This volume preserves Franklin Pierce's proclamations, special messages, and speeches from his presidency between 1853 and 1857. Part of an eleven-volume series spanning American presidents from 1787 to 1902, it offers direct access to the official words and actions of a president navigating America through a turbulent decade preceding the Civil War. (This is an automatically generated summary.)