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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to James William Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.08 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 February 1828 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Requests to hear about his brother-in-law's visit to Hartford, Connecticut. Complains that he has not received mail beyond Baltimore, and blames the stagecoach drivers. Reports that the stagecoach got into an accident going to Baltimore while carrying Associate Supreme Court Judge Joseph Story. States that he has a visitor and stops writing. Returns to report that the visitor was New York lawyer David Ogden. Year written in pencil at a later date.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, James William, 1792-1868
Webster, Edward, 1820-1848
Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
Ogden, David, fl. 1828

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