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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.36 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 18, 1848 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Thanks his sister-in-law and her husband James William Paige for the interest and concern they expresses for his reputation. Intends to thank Horace Binney Wallace, son of Webster's friend and Philadelphia lawyer John B. Wallace, for an article. Praises the characters of Mrs. Wallace and Horace B. Wallace.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Wallace, Horace Binney, 1817-1852
Wallace, John Bradford, 1778-1837

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