Letter, 1850 March 22, Washington, D.C., to Robert Field Stockton, [Princeton, N.J.].

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Letter, 1850 March 22, Washington, D.C., to Robert Field Stockton, [Princeton, N.J.].

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Just two weeks after his controversial Seventh of March speech in the Senate supporting Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850, Daniel Webster sends a copy of his address to Commodore Stockton, who played a part in the conquest of California during the Mexican-American War.

1 leaf ; 23 x 36 cm., folded to 23 x 18 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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