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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to James William Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.33 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 November 1846 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 11.9 cm Order a Copy

Requests that his brother-in-law Paige accept a case of port wine, now in Boston, in Paige's store. States that the wine will improve with Paige's care. Instructs Paige to send one case to Marshfield, Massachusetts, where Webster owned a residence.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, James William, 1792-1868

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