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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.60 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1845 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Invites his sister-in-law, her husband James William Paige, his son Daniel Fletcher Webster, his daughter-in-law Caroline Story White Webster, and possibly his son-in-law, James' business associate Samuel Appleton to dinner with Mr. Homestead (likely a friend of Webster's family).

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862

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