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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.61 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1845 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Informs his sister-in-law that he hopes to be in Boston, where she resides, by the following Saturday. "Washington" written in pencil on this document at a later date.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863

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