Letter, 1840 July, to George P. Daniels.

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Letter, 1840 July, to George P. Daniels.

Three-page letter, in which Leicester Academy student, A.E. Daniels, briefly describes the scene at Daniel Webster's Independence Day speech (1840) in Barre, Mass.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6791457

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Daniels, George P. (George Poor), 1821-1895

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Daniels, A. E.

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Leicester Academy

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Leicester Academy was established in Leicester, Mass., in 1784 by Ebenezer Crafts (1740-1810) and Jacob Davis ( - ) of Charlton, Mass. Around 1921, it ceased to function as a private, coeducational institution and was leased to the town to be used as a public high school, with the Trustees functioning primarily as business managers. In 1940, it became the Leicester Academy School of Business Administration, changing its name in 1941 to Leicester Junior College. From the description o...