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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.46 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: no date Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 17.4 x 10.6 cm. Order a Copy

Informs his sister-in-law that he sent her several epitaphs, likely written for his deceased family members. Requests the birth and death dates of his first wife, Grace Fletcher Webster. Instructs Paige to look over the epitaphs and suggest alterations to him. Hopes to "make a better sentiment" for his deceased son, Edward Webster. 1850 written at the top of this document in pencil at a later date.

Dear Mrs Paige:
I send you the epitaphs, as I think its [strikeout] well they should be. The dates of the birth & death of Fletcher's mother remain [illegible] supplied. I will thank you to look at them this morning, & see whether you can suggest any alterations I should like a better sentiment for Edward, if I could [2] think of one.
Yrs truly
D. W.

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Webster, Daniel Fletcher, 1813-1862
Webster, Edward, 1820-1848
Webster, Grace Fletcher, 1781-1828
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Death
Women's History
Poetry
Children and Family

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