Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.54 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: circa 1845 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy
Possibly referring to himself, states that a person of dark complexion who is as old but not as fat as Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff would not miss a dinner including guests J.P.D. (possibly Massachusetts Governor John Davis), J.W.P. (possibly Webster's brother-in-law, Harriette's husband James William Paige), and C.H.W.
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