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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.57 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1845 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Thanks his sister-in-law for a letter he recently received. States that he is in the company Mary Scott (likely a friend of the Websters), and Mr. & Mrs. Curtis (likely Webster's friend, lawyer and New York Representative Edward Curtis and his wife). States that letter is written "In the Senate."

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Curtis, Edward, 1801-1856
Webster, Caroline LeRoy, 1797-1882
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862

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