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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Quotation attributed to Daniel Webster

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.64 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: circa 1850 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12.6 cm, Width: 6.8 cm Order a Copy

Quotation attributed to Daniel Webster. Includes an envelope with an inscription attributed to Webster's sister-in-law, Harriette Story Paige. The inscription states: "Mr. Webster wrote the enclosed in reply to a message of mine in a postscript to Mrs. Webster sending him 'many kisses.' "

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

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