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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.29 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 October 1844 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 18 cm, Width: 11.1 cm Order a Copy

Reports to his sister-in-law Paige that he enjoys the company of her husband, James William Paige, in Philadelphia. States that he plans to venture into the Mining District of Pennsylvania and hopes James will join him. Relates that he went to a party the evening before with James at the home of John Morin Scott, Mayor of Philadelphia.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Paige, James William, 1792-1868
Scott, John Morin, 1789-1858

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