1. Stay in Madeira

    · Madeira, Portugal

    Stay in Madeira
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    Seeking a warmer climate after the presidency, Pierce and his wife began several years of travel with a stay in Madeira. The source places the Madeira stay at the beginning of travel following the 1857 departure from Washington; coordinates represent Funchal as a defensible island reference point.

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