Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.

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Summary Information

Biographical/Historical note

Administrative Information

Controlled Access Headings

Other Finding Aids note

General note

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.

Creator

Webster, Daniel,1782-1852.

Title

Daniel Webster correspondence

ID

02755

Date

1824-1852

Extent

0.2 linear ft.

General Physical Description note

(1 wallet)

Language

English

Abstract

Letters from Daniel Webster to various people. Also included: Life insurance policy for $5000 issued by New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Caroline (LeRoy) Webster, beneficiary.

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Biographical/Historical note

Born in Salisbury, N.H., Jan. 18, 1782; Graduated from Dartmouth Coll., 1801; stud. law & was adm. to the bar, Mar. 1805; began practice in Boscaven, N.H.; moved to Portsmouth,1807; member of. U.S. Congress, Mar. 4, 1813-Mar. 3, 1817; & Mar. 4, 1823- Mar. 3, 1827; U.S.Senator, Mar. 4, 1827 - Feb. 22, 1841; Secretary of State, Mar. 1841 - May 9, 1843; U.S. Senator, Mar. 1845 - July 22, 1850; Secretary of State, July 22,1850 - his death,in Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1852. (from Biog. Cong. direct.)

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Feb. 19, 2010

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

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Daniel Webster correspondence, 1824-1852 (OCLC record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/520861544]

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

• Dartmouth College -- Alumni and alumnae.
• New England Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Family Name(s)

• Webster, Daniel, -- 1782-1852 -- Archives.

Genre(s)

• Correspondence -- aat
• Insurance policies -- aat

Subject(s)

• Legislators -- United States.

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Other Finding Aids note

Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.

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General note

Also numerous letters addressed to Daniel Webster in the Williams Woodbridge papers; a few in the Mason Family papers, and the John Johnston papers.

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Collection Inventory

Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington, to Gabriel Richard, Detroit. -- June 17, 1824. --   2 p. : A.L.S. ; Phot. (neg.). Scope and Contents note Opinion in the case of Labadie V. Richard. General note from original in Bishop's Residence, Detroit.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington, to Austin E. Wing Detroit. -- Mar. 14, 1827. --   3 p. : A.L.S. with 2 enclosures. Scope and Contents note Relating to the Bank of Michigan.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington, to Jacob M. Howard, Detroit. -- May 5, 1834.   2 p. : A.L.S. Scope and Contents note Relating to a petition to Congress by Detroit citizens.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Boston, to William Woodbridge, Detroit. -- Oct.13, 1834. --   1 l. : L.S.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington, to Jacob M. Howard, Detroit(?). -- Jan. 13, 1835. --   2 p. : A.L.S. Scope and Contents note Relating to the admission of Michigan to the Union.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington(?) to William Woodbridge, Detroit(?). -- circa 1840. --   1 l. : A.L.S. Scope and Contents note Transmitting 100 copies of Webster's Philadelphia speech.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington(?) to William Woodbridge, Washington(?). -- July 30, 1846. --   1 l. A.L.S. Scope and Contents note Extending an invitation.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Washington, to Jacob M. Howard, Detroit. -- Feb.5, 1851. --   2 p. A.L.S. Scope and Contents note Recommending a candidate for U.S. Marshal.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Dept. of State, Washington, to Ross Wilkins, U.S. District Judge, Detroit, Mich. -- Feb. 9, 1852. --   2 p. : L.S. Scope and Contents note Relating to the pardon of John H. Van Houten.
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Letter, Daniel Webster, Dept. of State, Washington, to Alpheus Felch, Senate, Washington -- July 1, 1852.   1 l. : L.S. Scope and Contents note Relating to the copyright on "The American Harp."
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Life insurance policy for $5000 issued by New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. -- undated   (Photostat pos.) General note Caroline (LeRoy) Webster, beneficiary.
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