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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to James William Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.02 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Worcester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 June 1825 Pagination: 1p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Informs his brother-in-law of his family's vacation to Niagara Falls. Refers to a visit from Massachusetts Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. and his wife. States that his wife Grace forgot "two white waistcoats and a pair of working pantaloons" for their son, Daniel Fletcher Webster.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, James William, 1792-1868
Lincoln, Levi Jr., 1782-1868
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862
Webster, Grace Fletcher, 1781-1828

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