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He got the basics from the local grade school at Hillsborough, NH.

Pierce attended Hanover (NH) Academy and Francestown (NH) Academy

and learned enough to pass the entrance exam at Bowdoin College in 1820.

He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1824 at age 20. He studied classical languages, mathematics, history, mineralogy, chemistry and philosophy. He learned law by reading with various lawyers until he could pass the bar exam.

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He attended Bowdoin College as an undergraduate, then went to Northampton Law School.

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Bowdoin College in Maine was Pierce's alma mater.

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