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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01946.04
From Archive Folder	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster
Title	Daniel Webster to James William Paige discussing business matters
Date	6 March 1827
Author	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Recipient	Paige, James William
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Writes to his brother-in-law about business matters. States that his Boston business assistant Alexander Bliss forwarded fifteen hundred dollars to a client, Mr. Derby. Referring to the difficulty of balancing a Boston law practice with political service in Washington D.C., states "my cases have been hung up for a fortnight ... they come on me now in a shower." Year added in pencil at a later date.
Subjects	Finance Law Politics
People	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, James William (fl. 1824-1852)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Law
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Washington March. 6. 1827 Dear William, I did not trouble you with [struck: a notion] any request to take care of the 1500 Dollr Draught, as the money was in Bank, & as Mr Bliss had forwarded a check to Mr Derby, On [struck: Dr] acceptance for $3.500 falls due the 10/13 inst - I send by this mail a draft for the amt to Mr. Frothingham, payable on sight. It will arrive, with this letter, Sunday morning, the 11th. If it be not presented, as it will not be, till Monday the 12th [2] and if 3 days grace are allowed, it will not be in season, by two days, to meet the draft. Have the goodness to see to this, & do the needful - I send a [struck: blank] check [inserted: for the amt], to your order, which you can use, as necessary. - The draft will be honored, doubtly, on the 15th - You must take care of the two days - There is, I fancy, 9 or 10 hundred Dollars already at my credit, which you may draw out, on the check you already have, for Mr Pratt, or any other use -- . I shall write to Mr Bliss, by this mail, telling him that I have written [3] this letter. - Ask Mr Frothingham to discount the draft, for the 3 days, if necessary.-- We are now going on fast in Court. My cases have been hung up for a fortnight, on account of my attendance elsewhere. They come on me now in a shower - Yrs D. Webster [docket] James W. Paige Esq Boston

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