[Letters] 1828-1851 / Danl Webster.

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[Letters] 1828-1851 / Danl Webster.

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[Letter] 1828 Jun. 14, Boston [to] F. Hopkinson. The letter concerns money Hutchinson supposedly paid to Webster as reported to a Mrs. Grant, Hutchinson being a "great rogue." With an engraving of Daniel Webster by A. H. Ritchie, N.Y., published by E. Anthony, New York. -- [Letter] 1836 Jun. 23, Washington [to] C. C. Trowbridge. The letter regards personal banking arrangements. -- [Letter] 1850 Jun. 16 [to] Mr. Eliot. The letter discusses events in the Senate. -- [Letter] 1851 Feb. 25, Washington, D.C. [to] Geo. Lunt, U.S. Distct Atty, Boston. Webster conveys instructions to engage Mr. Choate or Mrs. Chas. G. Lossing to assist in "prosecutions now in progress, growing out of the lawless transactions, which recently occurred in Boston." -- [Franked envelope] for the Department of State with Webster's signature, dated Dec. 1, Washington City, D.C., to James H. Canster, Washington. -- [Franked envelope] Webster's signature, n.d. to Thomas Aspinwall, U.S. Consul, London, with Mr. John Lyons name in lower left corner. -- [Envelope, verso] with wax seal of Webster's initials.

Holograph & ms., signed. (Some letters written by a secretary and signed by Webster.)

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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...

Lunt, George, 1803-1885

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Hopkinson, Francis, 1781-1870

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Trowbridge, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1800-1883

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C.C. Trowbridge was born in Albany, New York on December 29, 1800. he entered business and came to Detroit in 1819. A year later he joined Governor Lewis Cass on his exploration of Lake Superior, becoming his private secretary. Trowbridge was secretary to the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1821-1835. He was cashier of Bank of Michigan, 1825-1836; president of Michigan State Bank, 1844-1853; and was secretary and cashier before serving as president of the Oakland & Ottawa Rai...