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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01946.51 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster |
| Title | Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige regarding a letter from her and the recommendation of a relative called George Paige [incomplete] |
| Date | ca. 1848 |
| Author | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
| Recipient | Paige, Harriette Story |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Instructs his sister-in-law to bring him a letter she wrote on the second of the month. Reports he will do all he can for George Paige (likely a relative of Harriette's) including taking the unspecified matter in question before the Secretary of War. States that Mr. P. should write to Robert C. Winthrop, Senator from Massachusetts, and to George Ashmun, Representative from Massachusetts. 1848 written in pencil on this document at a later date. Only the final page of the letter survives. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Office Seeker Children and Family Politics |
| People | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, Harriette Story (1806-1863) Ashmun, George (1804-1870) Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894) |
| Theme | Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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