Inaugural Address, March 4, 1853, printed with Pierce's emendations. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of Franklin Pierce. Original in the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire.
Inaugural Address, March 4, 1853. Transcription from The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.
[Portrait of Franklin Pierce, ca. 1853]. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of the Pierce-Aiken Family.
The President Leaving Willard's Hotel, Washington, [March 4, 1853]. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-17820 (b&w film copy neg.).
Assembly of the Multitude at the Eastern Portico, at the Commencement of the Inauguration Ceremonies, [March 4, 1853]. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-4187 (b&w film copy neg.).
The President's Levee at the White House, Washington, D. C., [March 4, 1853]. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-30571 (b&w film copy neg.).
Letter from William L. Marcy to James Buchanan, March 5, 1853. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of William L. Marcy.
"President Pierce's Inaugural," Evening Mirror, New York, March 5, 1853. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The Papers of William L. Marcy.