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Walter Lowrie letter
In English.
Washington, [DC] to Capt. Stevens, [Franklin, NH]
Instructs Stevens on repairs to the house in Franklin, and placement of the pigpen and privy.
Washington [DC], to [Governor John] J. Davis [Mass.], Letter
Concerning his speculation in lands in the Michigan Territory. Documents his interest in purchasing a farm as an investment.
Washington D.C. to Hon. Joseph Story, Cambridge, Ma. , Letter
Webster writes from Washington D.C. to Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story a personal letter concerning hunting, his family and the imported salt tarriff bill then being considered in the House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. to Hugh L. White, Letter
Webster writes of his dismay that White has resigned his Senate seat and of his feelings regarding the Tennessee legislature on the matter.
Washington [DC], to Jacob B. Moore, Concord, NH., Letter
Gives his impression of the political situation in New Hampshire and compares it to Mass.
Washington [D.C.], to [James Hervey] Bingham., Letter
Webster offers Bingham, his close friend and Dartmouth College classmate, employment at $1,200 a year.
[Washington D.C.] to [Jeremiah Mason], Letter
Webster writes to former NH Senator Jeremiah Mason of an impending tariff bill before the Senate and its prospects. He also writes of a published speech he was ill prepared to give and concerns over legislation relating to paying Spain to settle outstanding claims related to the the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Washington [D.C.] to J.L. Edwards [Washington, D.C.], Letter
Webster asks the pensions office for information on a Revolutionary War soldier, Robert Dorrance.
Washington, [D.C.], to John Moorland, Havana [Cuba]., Letter
Discusses appointment of Allen F. Owen as U.S. consul at Havana. Requests transfer of the consulate archives.
Washington, D.C., to John Taylor, Franklin, N.H., Letter
Detailed inventory and directions for the management of Webster's farm.
Washington D.C. to [Leverett] Saltonstall, Letter
Webster writes from Washington D.C. to Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts State Senator at the time) concerning the dismissal of a case they are both involved in.
[Washington D.C.] to Mr. Osma, Peru, Letter
One letter to Mr. Osma, Charge d'affairs of Peru, concerning the Peruvian's perception of an error by customs officers in California regarding sugar imports.
Washington, D.C. to Mr. [Richard] Frothingham [Boston, MA], Letter
Webster writes to Mr. Frothingham, regarding his fear of President Jackson's reaction to a French refusal to pay its debt.
Also includes a separate engraving of Webster.
Washington [D.C.], to Mr. [William?] Ayers, Letter
Supposed fair copy. Writing in confidence concerning the selection of President-elect William Henry Harrison's Cabinet.
Washington [DC], To Mr.[Nicholas] Biddle , Letter
Asks that Mr. Caswell be better paid. He requests that the letter be read March 21 and referred to the committee on the offices.
Washington, [D.C.], [to Nicholas Biddle?]., Letter
Asks that Biddle peruse a letter of U.S. Representative Russell's for a favorable opinion of Mr. Comstock.
Washington, [D.C.], to Peter Harvey, Letter
Will meet Boston friends in New York to confer.
Washington [DC], To Philadelphia Young Men's Society, Letter
Webster writes to the Committee of the Philadelphia Young Men's Society (W. M. Muzzey, Lewis R. Ashhurst, Hu. Elliot, S. Caldwell, Isaac Hazlehurst) declining an invitation to their first anniversary celebration.
Washington, D.C., to Robert Field Stockton [Princeton, New Jersey], Letter
Just two weeks after his controversial "Seventh of March" speech in the Senate supporting Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850, Daniel Webster sends a copy of his address to Commodore Robert Stockton, who played an integral part in the conquest of California during the Mexican-American War.