Papers of Daniel Webster [manuscript], 1800 (1832-1850) 1853.

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Papers of Daniel Webster [manuscript], 1800 (1832-1850) 1853.

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Chiefly correspondence, 1836-1838, to Webster regarding land speculation in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Correspondents are Phineas Davis, F.A. Harding, George Wallace Jones, Henry L. Kinney, Daniel F. Webster, and Joseph R. Williams [ca. 60 items. holographs signed] There are several letters, 1821-1850, Webster to various recipients, and a legal opinion. Correspondents & receipients include: Edward Everett, Henry Clay, J.G. Hülsemann, Millard Fillmore and Caroline LeRoy Webster. Also there are several contemporary newsclippings regarding Webster. Other papers include an account, 1800, owed the firm of George Brown & Co. for the funeral honors of George Washington; and papers, 1838-1848, of John Booton of Madison County, Va., being largely receipts [10 items].

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