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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.26 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 October 1843 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 18.1 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs his sister-in-law that he travelled through Rochester, Philadelphia, and Baltimore before arriving in Washington, D.C., where he stayed at the house he formerly occupied as Secretary of State. Reports seeing the family of Dr. Harvey Lindsley, a Washington physician and member of the American Colonization Society. Refers to a new addition to the social circle, Harriette LeRoy Lindsley, likely a relative of Dr. Lindsley.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Lindsley, Harvey, 1804-1889
Lindsley, Harriette LeRoy, fl. 1843

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