Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.27 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 March 1844 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 25.3 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Reports to his sister-in-law that he arrived in New York the previous day. Expresses concern regarding the sorrow of daughter-in-law Caroline Story White Webster, referring to the recent death of her daughter Grace Fletcher Webster. Includes a note to Harriette's husband, James William Paige. Requests that James inform a Mr. Tucker to retain anything in Webster's name scheduled to arrive on a boat in Boston. States that his goods might arrive before him in Boston on "The Mozart," a boat sent from Washington, D.C.
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