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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Aaron Hobart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.02 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1850 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks Hobart for a letter and his approval of one of Webster's speeches. Comments: "If we cannot subdue, or restrain, this fanatical abolition Spirits, I know not how we shall get along, without great trouble, or be able to carry on the Govt." Extends an open invitation to his home in Mansfield, New Hampshire.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Hobart, Aaron, 1787-1858
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
American Statesmen
Government and Civics
Politics
African American History
Slavery
Abolition
Congress
Age of Jackson

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