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- GLC#
- GLC01946.32-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 January 1846
- Author/Creator
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Title
- to Harriette Story Paige
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 12.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Informs his sister-in-law that he left two items at the Paige's residence in Boston: a "tin pail or box of bristles intended for Mrs. Curtis," and his "breach pin, commonly called Mrs. Perkins." Instructs Paige to send the pail to Mrs. Edward Curtis in New York, and requests that she send his breach pin to Washington, D.C., using his free frank. Refers to Mr. Adams (possibly John Quincy Adams) in Congress as a "man who sometimes confounds his enemies; but quite as often his friends." Hopes the squall Adams raised in Congress will blow over. Records that this document was written at 11 o'clock.
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