Letter, 1831 October 31, Baltimore, to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

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Letter, 1831 October 31, Baltimore, to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

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Mr. Wirt says he did not desert Clay by accepting the nomination. Webster's prospects would be better if the Antimasonic Party and the National Republican Party would unite.

3 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 33 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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