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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 ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 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.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Julia, 1818-1848
Appleton, Julia Fletcher, fl. 1841
Paige, James William, 1792-1868
Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
Webster, Caroline Story White, fl. 1841

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