Letter, 1850 Aug. 15, to Samuel A. Eliot.

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Letter, 1850 Aug. 15, to Samuel A. Eliot.

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Brief letter in which Webster urges Samuel A. Eliot, newly elected to the House of Representatives from Boston, to arrive in Washington before an impending vote, most likely on a measure related to the Compromise of 1850.

1 sheet; 23 x 35 cm folded to 23 x 17 cm

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 8306491

New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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Eliot, Samuel Atkins, 1798-1862

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Samuel Atkins Eliot was born in Boston, Mass., March 5, 1798; attended the Boston Latin School; was graduated from Harvard University in 1817 and from the divinity school in 1820; member of the State house of representatives 1834-1837; mayor of Boston 1837-1839; served in the State senate in 1843-1844; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert C. Winthrop and served from August 22, 1850, to March 3, 1851; declined to be a candidate for...

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...