Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) to Harriette Story Paige
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.55 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1848 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.8 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy
Informs his sister-in-law Paige that it is "no day for a daguerreotype." States that he can not reconcile himself to a change in his stance suggested by the artist George P. A. Healy, claiming "everyone who knows me would laugh to see me holding out my left arm in that manner."
½ past 11.
Dear Mrs. Paige
This is no day for a Daguereotype, & I hardly regret it - I cannot quite resonaite myself to Mr. Healy's proposed [illegible].
Every body who knows me would laugh to see me holding and my left arm in that manner - I must come & see you about 3 oclock.
Forever
D.W.
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