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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to James William Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.07 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1827 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Informs his brother-in-law of difficulties in New York en route to Washington, D.C. States that a doctor sent Webster's son Edward to the apothecary to get a "soothing anodyne plaster" for his wife Grace Webster's swollen side. Reports that after applying the medicine, the Websters realized it was a blister plaster which had raised a "great & very sore blister!" Informs Paige of a business transaction likely related to his law practice in Boston.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, James William, 1792-1868
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862
Webster, Edward, 1820-1848
Webster, Grace Fletcher, 1781-1828

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