Item 85: Letter from Dan Webster to Mr. Peter Harvey, [no year] December 6
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 85
Dates
- Created: [no year] December 6
Creator
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 (Person)
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Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good
Measurements:
7 ¼ in. x 4 ⅝ in. (closed); 7 ⅝ in. x 7 ¼ in. (open); 4 ¾ in. x 1 ½ in.
Description:
This is a letter from Dan Webster to Mr. Peter Harvey on December 6 regarding someone calling with information and they are supposed to mail the cards to Webster. The creator of this letter, Daniel Webster, was born in New Hampshire in 1782. Webster was a member of the House of Representatives, had a seat in the Senate, was Secretary of State and chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Peter Harvey was known as Webster’s best friend, and he later wrote a biography on him about his life, Reminiscences and anecdotes of Daniel Webster.
Transcription:
Monday Mor[nin]g
Dec 6.
Dear sir:
Mr Burbank will call on you, at 12 today, with this; & will receive the cash, & send it to me.
I saw Mr. Choctaw here, last Eve’[evening]—.
Y[ou]rs truly
Dan Webster
Mr. Harvey
Creator
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 (Person)
Repository Details
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu