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- GLC#
- GLC01946.14-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 23, 1831
- Author/Creator
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Title
- to James William Paige
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Serving as Massachusetts Senator, Webster informs his brother-in-law that he will be travelling to Baltimore and Annapolis to assist in settling a legal dispute between the Maryland Rail Road and Canal. Asks if "Mrs. Webster and the girls ... talk and laugh as usual, or [if] the cold weather sealed their lips." Reports that he enjoys the company of Paige's business partner Nathan Appleton, elected in 1830 as Massachusetts Representative, and adds that he anticipates debates about the Tarriff Bill to ensue.
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