1. Visits Nathaniel Hawthorne in Rome

    · Rome, Lazio, Italy

    Visits Nathaniel Hawthorne in Rome
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    During his post-presidential European travel, Pierce visited his longtime friend Nathaniel Hawthorne in Rome. The source places the Rome visit during the Pierce family’s 1857–1860 travels but does not provide a more exact year.

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