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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.56 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1848 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his sister-in-law, "What say you, shall you, & I, & Mr. [George P. A] Healey leave & depart, this P.M - at 3 oclock - in a close coach for Marshfield [Massachusetts] to stay there thro the week. I let him have a chance at your ugly & my beautiful face? - Speak!" Healey was painting a portrait of Webster (see GLC01946.55).

Webster owned a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts, where he spent considerable time in the early 1840s.

Dear Harriette;
What say you, shall you, & I, & Mr. Healey leave & depart, this P.M - at 3 oclock - in a close coach for Marshfield to stay there thro the week. I let him have a chance at your ugly & my beautiful face? - Speak!
D. Webster

Docket:
Note
Healy's picture

Address:
Mrs. Paige

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Paige, Harriette Story, 1806-1863
Healy, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Travel
Transportation
Art, Music, Theater, and Film
Humor and Satire
Age of Jackson

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