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Jacob, Hilda McLeod

Long, Dr. Margaret, 1873-1957

Long, Peirce, 1887-1941

Stuart, Theresa C., 1885-1965

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Maine State LibraryMaine State DocumentsMaine Writers Correspondence Maine State Library Special CollectionsSeptember 2015Peirce Long CorrespondencePeirce Long 1887-1941Dr. Margaret Long 1873-1957Theresa C. Stuart 1885-1965Maine State LibraryHilda McLeod JacobMaine State LibraryFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalmaine.com/maine_writers_correspondenceThis Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Maine State Library Special Collections at Maine State Documents. It has been accepted forinclusion in Maine Writers Correspondence by an authorized administrator of Maine State Documents. For more information, please contactstatedocs@maine.gov.Recommended CitationLong, Peirce 1887-1941; Long, Dr. Margaret 1873-1957; Stuart, Theresa C. 1885-1965; and Jacob, Hilda McLeod, "Peirce LongCorrespondence" (2015). Maine Writers Correspondence. 317.http://digitalmaine.com/maine_writers_correspondence/317LONG, Peirce. b. December 29, 1887, in North Attleboro, Mass. d. November 24, 1941, in Gardiner, Maine. V DR. MARGARET LONG 2070 COLORADO BOULEVARD DENVER. COLORADO March 3Q.1943. Miss Theresa C. Sturat Maine State Library Augusta, Maine. My dear Miss Stuart; I enclose a circular about The Journal of Zadoc Long, which can be obtained from the 8axton Printers. .They have asked me to send out the library notices because tneir office forGe is now so short handed. Yours very truly April 3, 1943 Dr. Margaret Long 2070 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado Dear Dr. Long: It will please you to know that wd already have placed an order for THE JOURNAL OF ZADOC LONG. A book on this famous son of Maine Is important, and we look forward with great interest to the arrival of our copy. It is possible that you do not know of the Maibe Author Collection, an exhibit of books written by people born in Maine, resident here, or about the state. The collection is remarkably complete, including books by Madam Wood, John Neal, Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Mlllay. These books are inscribed and presented for this purpose; and we also collect all available biographical, critical and photographic material on our authors. We hope that you may want to inscribe and ?resent a copy of THE JOURNAL OF ZADOC LONG- for his purpose. It seems the sort of book that would be a very fitting addition to such an exhibit. You have our best wishes for the success of the book. Very truly yours MAINE STATE LIBRARY BY hmj Encl—1 SECRETARY DR. MARGARET LONG 2070 COLORADO BOULEVARD .DENVER. COLORADO April .0.1943. .,i -. i . X-J- * *dk>» Miss Hilda Mc&oud J~acob Meine State Library, Augusta, Maine. My dear Miss Jacob; I am very glad to present a copy of The Journal of Zadoc long to the ^aine Author Collection. I am sending the inscribed copy under separate cover. I am so pleased to hear that the State library has already subscribed. I hope the book will be a success for my brother's sake. Yours very truly April 21, 1943 Dr. Margaret Long 2070 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado Dear Dr. Longs The gift copy of THE JOURNAL OP ZADOC LONG has been received, and we are deeply appreciative of your generosity in malting it possible to add this distinctive book to the Maine Author Collection. It is a remarkable picture of a generation and mode of life which has bequeathed to us much of integrity and strength of spirit; and we hope that it may find its way into many libraries. Please accept our thanks for your kindness, and our cordial Invitation to call at the library and see this collection when you are again in Maine. Very truly yours MAINE STATE LIBRARY BY hmj Encl~9$£ postal refund SECRETARY September 18, 1945 Dr. Margaret Long 2070 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado Dear Dr. Long: Last spring you very kindly presented an inscribed copy of THE JOURNAL OP ZADOC LONG to the Maine Author Collection. In checking our files, we find that we do not have biographical facts about Peirce Long, editor of the book. He was, of course, closely identified with Mainej but we can find no record of his birthplace and birthdate. would you be so kind as to let us have a few such facts about him? Sincerely yours hmj End— 1 Secretary Peirce Long was the son of John Davis Long, a native of Maine, who became Governor of Massachusetts and lmter Secretary of the Navy in McKinleys administration. His mother*s maiden name was Agnes Peirce of North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Peirce Long was born in North AttleborO, December 29th, 1837, and died in Gardiner, Maine, November 24th, 1941. He was a graduate of Middlesex School 1906, Harvard College 1910, and the Harvard Law School 1913. He never married. He lived in the home at Hingham, Mass, and spent the summer vacations, and many holidays, on the Long Farm in Buckfield, Maine. He practised law in his s, office in Boston, the office of Long, Hemenway 8c- Barnes, formerly Allen, » Long & fiemenway. During the first World War he served as an Ensign on the U. S. S.jiearsarge. He went twice to Europe, and made many motor trips in the western United States as well as all over New England. He was generous and kindly, helping other boys to get a college education and in many other ways. He belonged to those who love animals and was devoted to the succession of little dogs which which were members of the household. A man of great vitality, with a keen sense of humor, Peirce Long was always entertaining,always keeping a brisk conversation under weigh.He could have gone far in either his music or his-writing gesides studying music, he played the piano by ear and loved to improvise, ^ e composed, several of his songs have been published. He also had a gift for mathematics and excelled in mental arithmetic. But in harvard he majored in English, AH his life he read the ancient classics, and modern literature with equal enjoyment, languages, too, intrigued him and he spoke Italian fluently. His love and devotion to his family appear touchingly in his comments on his grandfather's Journal, which he edited. He wrote a great deal of both prose and poetry, what little has been published is listed here. THE PERSIANS. A Play by Peirce Long. A modernized and original version of The Persians of Auschylus. Produced in Hingham, ^ ass, and published in 1928. THE PAGEANT Of BUCKFIELD. Written for the John D. Long Centennial. Peirce Long wrote five of the eight Episodes, and Shirley Prince Hall of Buckfield wrote the other three. Produced 6m the Long Jaim in Buckfield, -^aime, by Peirce Long and published at the same time, in the year 1938. THE JOURNAL OF ZADOC LONG. Edited by Peirce Long. Published, after his death, in 1943. THE CITY OF SLEEP. Words by Ruyard Kipling. Music by Peirce Long, published in 1905. AT THE FIRESIDE. Words by John D. Long. Music by Peirce -i-ong, published in 190 7. OH: JOHN HARVARD. Words aa*Lmusic by Peirce Long. Published in 1907. Margaret Long September 28, 1943 Dr. Margaret Long 2070 Colorado Boulevard Denver, Colorado Dear Dr. Long: Thank you very much for your kindness in supplying for the Maine Author Collection files the biographical data regarding your borther Peirce Long. This is exactly what we want, and we appreciate your help. Sincerely yours Secretary lb THE CAXTON PRINTERS, LTD., CALDWELL, IDAHO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF The Journal of Zadoc Long— 1800-1873 Edited by Peirce Long A mericana—$4.00 Approximately 324 pages, 8vo, illustrated. The life of Zadoc Long was one typical of many New England gentlemen of his era. In his character he exemplified the homely virtues of honesty, sincerity, and high-mindedness. He sought for his family the best opportunities of education and material progress, and he was ever concerned with the national problems beyond his Maine countryside. In his view of the Civil War we see how that event changed the lives of even the people in this most remote Union state. His journal reveals the state of mind of those who were concerned with the future of democracy, and many of his observations are those made by thinking men of today. Family life, the leisurely tempo of mercantile business in the nineteenth century, the ever-present regard for the land and its output, the early career of his famous son John D. Long-these are the major subjects of his journal. A way of American life is here preserved as a monument to the integrity of character upon which America has based her ideals and institutions. Peirce Long is the grandson of Zadoc Long, and the son of John D. Long. He was a graduate of Harvard University and practiced law for many years in Boston. He died in 1941. 

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