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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.37 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 28, 1848 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 18 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Requests that an unnamed friend of his sister-in-law Paige forgive him for forgetting to submit payment for a book he ordered. States that his wife Caroline LeRoy Webster has "driven out" with Mrs. Blatchford (likely the wife of his close friend and business associate Richard Blatchford) and another acquaintance.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Caroline LeRoy, 1797-1882
Blatchford, Richard Milford, 1798-1875

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