Letter to [ ? ] Sargeant [manuscript], 1841-1843.

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Letter to [ ? ] Sargeant [manuscript], 1841-1843.

Stephens thanks Sargeant for a favor and discusses a package from the State Department which included a note from Daniel Webster introducing him to Powhatan Ellis, minister to Mexico; mentions being at home, apparently ill; and invites Sargeant to visit.

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University of Virginia. Library

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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...

Ellis, Powhatan, 1790-1863

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Powhatan Ellis, 1790-1863, was born in Amherst County, Virginia. He was a lawyer, State Supreme Court judge (1823-25), and a U.S. Senator. From the description of Letter, Red Hill (Amherst County, Va.), 1827 December 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145410351 U.S. senator from Mississippi, jurist, and diplomat. From the description of Powhatan Ellis papers, 1822-1832. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010039 1809 graduate of Washington Academy, Powhatan ...

Stephens, John L., 1805-1852

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New Jersey author. From the description of Letter to [ ? ] Sargeant [manuscript], 1841-1843. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812236 Appointed Special Ambassador to Central America by United States president Martin Van Buren, Stephens arrived in Belize in October 1839, and he traveled through Zacapa, Guatemala not long after. From the description of Some words of the Chorti language of Zacapa / collected by John L. Stephens, 1839. [between 1851 an...

Sargeant, Mr.,

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