#why Jane Means Appleton Pierce did not carry out her First Lady duties

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First Ladies: Jane Means Appleton Pierce

First Ladies: Jane Means Appleton Pierce

Jane Pierce, with her son, Benjamin

Jane is described as a “delicate” child and adult.

Her brother-in-law was an instructor at Bowdoin College to a young man named Franklin Pierce. How Jane and Franklin met is not known for sure, all though this connection seems the most obvious. They were married on November 19, 1834. The couple is described as having a “genuine deep affection for one another”.