Documents relating to Peyton A. Southall's mission to Mexico [manuscript] 1842-1843.

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Documents relating to Peyton A. Southall's mission to Mexico [manuscript] 1842-1843.

Documents include orders to deliver documents to the U. S. Minister; Southall's passport signed by Daniel Webster; a receipt for money paid by the government for compensation and expenses; and copies of Southall's appointments, the originals of which were signed by Webster and John Tyler as Secretary of State and John C. Spencer, Secretary of the Treasury.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7932308

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...

Southall, Peyton Alexander, 1804-1854.

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Southall family.

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