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to Harriette Story Paige

Writes to his sister-in-law, enclosing a note of introduction for British foreign minister Lord Alexander Ashburton and James Paige, Harriette's husband. Instructs Harriette to have the note "sealed and presented on [Ashburton's] arrival." States,...

GLC01946.22

to Harriette Story Paige

States at the top of the letter, "1 o'clock- Tariff passed," likely referring to the Tariff of 1842, which returned duties to what they had been before the Compromise Tariff of 1833. Thanks his sister-in-law Paige for the sixth "mouchoir," or...

GLC01946.23

to Harriette Story Paige

Describes a service he attended the previous evening to his sister-in-law. Discusses the form used in the book of Habakkuk, stating that the "passages ... present ... a remarkable instance of the Hebrew form of Poetic composition." Quotes 3...

GLC01946.28

to Harriette Story Paige

Reports to his sister-in-law Paige that he enjoys the company of her husband, James William Paige, in Philadelphia. States that he plans to venture into the Mining District of Pennsylvania and hopes James will join him. Relates that he went to a...

GLC01946.29

to James William Paige

Thanks his brother-in-law for sending a beautiful basket. States that he went with his son Edward Webster to a pond where they acquired some ducks to send to Paige. Referencing the killed ducks, declares it "murderous, & hardly fair sport; but it...

GLC01946.30

to Harriette Story Paige

Declines a dinner invitation to his sister-in-law's house in favor of an invitation to Mr. Ward's (possibly Thomas Ward, the Boston agent of the Baring Brothers banking firm in England) where he plans to meet Mr. Granville Harcourt Vernon, English...

GLC01946.31

to James William Paige

Requests that his brother-in-law Paige accept a case of port wine, now in Boston, in Paige's store. States that the wine will improve with Paige's care. Instructs Paige to send one case to Marshfield, Massachusetts, where Webster owned a residence.

GLC01946.33

to Harriette Story Paige

Informs his sister-in-law that he and others were distressed upon receiving her letters and two notes from Mary Blatchford regarding an accident that involved Mr. Blatchford (possibly Richard Blatchford, Webster's close friend and business associate)...

GLC01946.34

to Harriette Story Paige

States to sister-in-law Paige that he and his wife, Caroline LeRoy Webster feel uneasy about the health of his daughter, Julia Webster. Reports that he has written to his son, Daniel Fletcher Webster, to notify him of Julia's ill health, and that...

GLC01946.39

to Harriette Story Paige

Informs his sister-in-law that he sent her several epitaphs, likely written for his deceased family members. Requests the birth and death dates of his first wife, Grace Fletcher Webster. Instructs Paige to look over the epitaphs and suggest...

GLC01946.46