Letter, 1830 December 16, [Washington, D.C.?], to Daniel Webster, United States Senate [manuscript].

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Letter, 1830 December 16, [Washington, D.C.?], to Daniel Webster, United States Senate [manuscript].

Watterston asks Webster to view his own character sketch in Watterston's "Gallery of American Portraits," (1830) which he is sending as a token of respect, and suggests distributing copies among Webster's friends. With address leaf docketed by [Webster?].

1 item (1p. on l. with address l.) 20 cm.

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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...

Watterston, George, 1783-1854

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