Attractive, polished, and outgoing, he was remembered by classmates more for his social skills than his scholarship... he married Jane Means Appleton, the daughter of Bowdoin College's president... Jane was a frail, somewhat sickly, and erratic woman who suffered from bouts of tuberculosis and deep depression... the two enjoyed a successful, if at time difficult, marriage.

^ Jump up to: a b "Pierce, Franklin, Homestead". National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

^ "Nomination Form: Franklin Pierce". National Register of Historic Places. 1976. p. 8. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

^ Wallner 2004, p. 3

^ Wallner 2004, pp. 1–8

^ Hurd, D. Hamilton (1885). History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co. p. 350.

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^ Wallner, Peter A. (Spring 2005). "Franklin Pierce and Bowdoin College Associates Hawthorne and Hale" (PDF). Historical New Hampshire. New Hampshire Historical Society: 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2015. Within the student body, Pierce's influence was widespread. 