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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.38 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 14, 1848 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 18.1 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs his sister-in-law that Washington physician and friend Dr. Harvey Lindsley "reprieved [Webster] out of the hands of the Court ... till he can deal with [Webster's] rheumatics." Reports there is "little interest in the House of Congress" besides several speeches he intends to send to Harriette's husband James William Paige.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Caroline LeRoy, 1797-1882
Webster, Julia, 1818-1848
Lindsley, Harvey, 1804-1889

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