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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to James William Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.13 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 5, 1829 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.2 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Appears to be planning for his 12 December 1829 marriage to Caroline LeRoy. States that if Paige cannot attend the Saturday date, "a postponement will take place till Monday following." States that Paige should arrange passage on the ship, the "Ch: Livingstone," scheduled to leave Providence, Rhode Island, Thursday 10 December. Promises not to fix the wedding date until Paige arrives, and instructs him to come prepared to stay one week. Discusses whether or not he should take his daughter Julia Webster to Washington, D.C. after the occasion. States that Julia would be better off with Mrs. Searle, her schoolteacher in Boston, than in Washington.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, James William, 1792-1868
LeRoy, Caroline, 1797-1882
Webster, Julia, 1818-1848

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