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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.34 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 April 1847 Pagination: 4 p : address : docket ; Height: 18 cm, Width: 11.3 cm Order a Copy

Informs his sister-in-law that he and others were distressed upon receiving her letters and two notes from Mary Blatchford regarding an accident that involved Mr. Blatchford (possibly Richard Blatchford, Webster's close friend and business associate). The back of this document includes a note and a docket, likely by Harriette Story Paige. 1 April 1847 written on this document in pencil at a later date.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Caroline LeRoy, 1797-1882
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862
Blatchford, Richard Milford, 1798-1875

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