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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01946.49 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster |
| Title | Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige regarding general domestic matters |
| Date | ca. 17 May 1851 |
| Author | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
| Recipient | Paige, William Story |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs his sister-in-law Paige that his son, Daniel Fletcher Webster had a sore throat but that he recovered and is now writing at his table. Reports that he and Fletcher might travel to Buffalo, New York on a steamboat that evening. Letter written at 12 o'clock. 1851 written in pencil on this document at a later date. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Health and Medical Travel Steamboat Railroad |
| People | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, Harriette Story (1806-1863) Webster, Daniel Fletcher (1813-1862) |
| Place written | Dunkirk, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Webster and his son, commonly called Fletcher were possibly in Dunkirk, New York, to attend the 1851 opening ceremonies of the New York and Erie Railway. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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