Plaidswede. ISBN 978-0-9755216-1-8.
Wallner, Peter A. (2007). Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union. Plaidswede. ISBN 978-0-9790784-2-2.
Wadleigh, George (1913). Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire. Dover, NH: G. H. Wadleigh. p. 249.
Boertlein, John (2010). Presidential Confidential. Clerisy Press. ISBN 978-1-57860-362-6.

External video Booknotes interview with Peter Wallner on Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire`s Favorite Son, November 28, 2004, C-SPAN
Further reading

Allen, Felicity (1999). Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1219-1.
Barlett, D. W. (1852). The life of Gen. Frank. Pierce, of New Hampshire, the Democratic candidate for president of the United States. Derby & Miller. OCLC 1742614.
Brinkley, A.; Dyer, D. (2004). The American Presidency. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 978-0-618-38273-6.
Hamilton, Neil (2010). Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 978-1-4381-2751-4.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1852). The Life of Franklin Pierce. Ticknor, Reed and Fields. OCLC 60713500. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2002.
Nevins, Allan. Ordeal of the Union: Vol. 2: A House Dividing, 1852–1857 (1947) online
Nichols, Roy Franklin (1923). The Democratic Machine, 1850–1854. Columbia University Press. OCLC 2512393.
Nichols, Roy Franklin (1931). Franklin Pierce, Young Hickory of the Granite Hills. University of Pennsylvania Press. OCLC 426247.
