Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) to James William Paige
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.30 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Place Written: Marshfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1845 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 24.2 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Thanks his brother-in-law for sending a beautiful basket. States that he went with his son Edward Webster to a pond where they acquired some ducks to send to Paige. Referencing the killed ducks, declares it "murderous, & hardly fair sport; but it shows how things are done, down here in Marshfield." 1845 written on this document in pencil at a later date.
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