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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1782 - 1852

Biography

Daniel Webster was born on January 18, 1872 in Salisbury, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801, after which he began the study of law under Thomas W. Thompson and Christopher Gore. In 1805, he opened a law practice in Boscawen, New Hampshire where he stayed until 1807. As a result of his opposition to the War of 1812, Webster was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1813, where he served until 1817. In 1816, he moved to Boston. He was later elected to the United States House of Representatives (1823-1827) and the U.S. Senate (1827-1841 and 1845-1850). As a senator, he was a spokesman for American nationalism whose powerful oratory made him a key Whig leader. He spoke for conservatives and led the opposition to Democrat Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party, firmly challenging Jackson's policies in the Bank War. From 1841 to 1843 and 1850 to 1852, Webster served as the United States Secretary of State. As a diplomat, he is best known for negotiating the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842 with Great Britain, which established the Canada–United States border east of the Rocky Mountains. Webster was highly regarded as a lawyer, having shaped several US Supreme Court cases that established important constitutional precedents and bolstered the authority of the federal government. One of the cases he argued was the Dartmouth College case in 1819. Webster died October 24, 1852.

Found in 2103 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel P. Carson letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 836230
Webster Mss 836230
Date(s): 1836-03-30
Abstract

In English.

Samuel Salisbury letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 805481.1
Webster Mss 805481.1
Date(s): 1805-08-31
Abstract

In English.

Samuel Salisbury letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 805529
Mss 805529
Date(s): 1805-09-29
Abstract

In English.

Samuel Shethar Phelps letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 820111.1
Mss 820111.1
Date(s): 1820-01-11
Abstract

In English.

Samuel Turell Armstrong letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 835169
Webster Mss 835169
Date(s): 1835-02-19
Abstract

In English.

Sarah Webster letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 804671
Mss 804671
Date(s): 1804-12-21
Abstract

In English.

S.B. Forbes letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 823540
Webster Mss 823540
Date(s): 1823-09
Abstract

In English.

Seaborn Jones letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 847319
Webster Mss 847319
Date(s): 1847-05-19
Abstract

In English.

Seth Weston deed

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 845301
Webster Mss 845301
Date(s): 1845-05-01
Abstract

In English.

Sewall Salisbury and Company letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 807207
Webster Mss 807207
Date(s): 1807-03-07
Abstract

In English.

Sewall Salisbury letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 805680
Webster Mss 805680
Date(s): 1805-12-30
Abstract

In English.

Sidney Breese letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 850216.1
Webster Mss 850216.1
Date(s): 1850-03-16
Scope and Contents

Three-page letter from Sidney Breese in Carlyle, Illinois to Daniel Webster, telling him that the country looks towards Webster to settle the question threatening to divide the Union. A compromise should be reached with Mexico. Calhoun is for disunion.

Silas Dinsmoor letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 843526
Webster Mss 843526
Date(s): 1843-09-26
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Silas Dinsmoor in Bellevue, Kentucky to Levi McKeen in Rosendale, New York, stating his political opinion. Writer is an Federalist and the Union is not yet dissolved. Takes addressee to task for denouncing Daniel Webster and De Witt Clinton. Writer is in favor of the Ashburton Treaty.

Silas Horton Stringham letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 851316
Webster Mss 851316
Date(s): 1851-05-16
Abstract

In English.

Sir Charles Richard Vaughan letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 000169.1
Mss 000169.1
Date(s): undated
Abstract

In English.

Sir Henry Holland letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 846503
Webster Mss 846503
Date(s): 1846-09-03
Abstract

In English.

Sir Henry Holland letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 848379
Webster Mss 848379
Date(s): 1848-06-29
Abstract

In English.

Sir Henry Holland letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 841368
Webster Mss 841368
Date(s): 1841-06-18
Abstract

In English.

Sir Henry Holland letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 851157.1
Webster Mss 851157.1
Date(s): 1851-02-07
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Sir Henry Holland in London, England to Daniel Webster in Washington, DC, in which he mentions his Austrian correspondence, and diplomacy and how it affects the continent of Europe, especially Germany, France and England. Also mentions measures taken to repel the Papal agression in England. An observatory in Toronto is going to be maintained. Mentions Lord John Russell and Lord Stanley.

Skinner and Hurd letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 807572.1
Webster Mss 807572.1
Date(s): 1807-10-22
Abstract

In English.

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