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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.39 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 31, 1848 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

States to sister-in-law Paige that he and his wife, Caroline LeRoy Webster feel uneasy about the health of his daughter, Julia Webster. Reports that he has written to his son, Daniel Fletcher Webster, to notify him of Julia's ill health, and that they do not want Julia to realize that they are alarmed. Letter and docket marked private.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Caroline LeRoy, 1797-1882
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862
Webster, Julia, 1818-1848

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