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Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) to Harriette Story Paige

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.26 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 October 1843 Pagination: 4 p. ; 18.1 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy

Informs his sister-in-law that he travelled through Rochester, Philadelphia, and Baltimore before arriving in Washington, D.C., where he stayed at the house he formerly occupied as Secretary of State. Reports seeing the family of Dr. Harvey Lindsley, a Washington physician and member of the American Colonization Society. Refers to a new addition to the social circle, Harriette LeRoy Lindsley, likely a relative of Dr. Lindsley.

Washington
Octr. 1. '43
Dear Mrs Paige;
I recd yr letters at N. Y. & you cannot doubt the sincere pleasure, which they afforded me, by assuring me of your continued progress towards perfect health. I suppose you are still at [National], as I understood the painters were to take possession of your house.
After my unexpected trip to [2] to Rochester, I came along straight to Pha. Baltme. & Washington, arriving here on Friday. I am at our old house, without carpets, & some other useful things, but do well enough; for the few days I expect to remain. I have seen the [Fredings]. He is well, & in pretty good spirits, apparently. We talked no politics. Dr. [Lindsley's] family are well, & there is added to the circle a young lady, by name, [3] Harriette LeRoy Lindsley. Washington looks to me very pleasant, although there are now few people in it. My stay will be short, & I hope to be in Boston at the end of this week, or beginning of next, at farthest.
What nice times they have been having at Eu! - Eu is in ancient Normandy - now in the Province of the Lower Reine. It is on the coast of the Channel, 30 or 40 miles southwest from Boulogne. The Chateau [in] Eu belongs to the King, as his private property, being inherited from his predecessor Duke of Orleans.
Yrs truly ever
Danl Webster

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Lindsley, Harvey, 1804-1889
Lindsley, Harriette LeRoy, fl. 1843

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