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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01946.27
From Archive Folder	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster
Title	Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige commenting on their social circle
Date	20 March 1844
Author	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Recipient	Paige, Harriette Story
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Reports to his sister-in-law that he arrived in New York the previous day. Expresses concern regarding the sorrow of daughter-in-law Caroline Story White Webster, referring to the recent death of her daughter Grace Fletcher Webster. Includes a note to Harriette's husband, James William Paige. Requests that James inform a Mr. Tucker to retain anything in Webster's name scheduled to arrive on a boat in Boston. States that his goods might arrive before him in Boston on "The Mozart," a boat sent from Washington, D.C.
Subjects	Travel Children and Family Death Women's History Transportation
People	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, Harriette Story (1806-1863) Webster, Julia (1818-1848) Appleton, Julia Fletcher (fl. 1841) Paige, James William (fl. 1824-1852) Story, Joseph (1779-1845) Webster, Caroline Story White (fl. 1841)
Place written	New York, New York
Theme	Women in American History; Children & Family; Naval & Maritime; Health & Medicine
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 N.Y. Mar. 20. '44 Wednesday Morning My Dear Harriette On our arrival here yesterday, I found your letter. It always gives me pleasure to open a letter of yours. I am sure to find in it every thing that is friendly, kind & hospitable. Toward the end of this week I hope to go to Boston, & altho' Julia may expect me, [struck: in the] yet in the present state of her health, I think she wd not need a great deal of my company. So I shall be most happy to come to [illegible] in Summer Street, & to ride at those moorings while I stay in Port. Wm. & I are very good morni[n]g companions, he having as little to do with my eggs as I have with his hominy: A good Boston breakfast - only think of it. A glass of Daniel; cider & that morsel for monarchs, an [illegible]! I hope [this] shall find you all well, [2] well & in good spirits. There is sorrow & sadness I know, in poor Caroline's house, but hope that good news from her husband, her own good health & that of her children will cheer her mourning for dear Grace. I presume Joseph Joy is [illegible]. That is a great comfort. I felt most deeply grieved, when his life was thought in danger. Poor Ellen has had such heavy misfortunes, [as] to call for all her patience; but I hope there are yet bright days in store for her. My wife has a letter from you this mor[n]i[n]g but "contents unknown" to me, as yet. Yours truly, & faithfully Danl Webster Dear Mr. Paige, If the steam boat from [Liverpool] shall not have arrived when this [3] this gets to Boston, please send a note to Mr. Tucker to retain [struck: for and] any thing that may come for me, as I shall be holding forth in your parts about the end of the week. Further; It is possible, but not probable, that the Mozart, from Washington, with my goods & [illegible] may arrive in Boston, before me. In that case, should it happen, it wd. be well that the various boxes [illegible] [illegible] go or one on board the Daxbury packets, to some [trouble] in drawing, [illegible] [illegible]. Yrs D. W. [address leaf] Mrs Harriett S. Paige (J.W. Paige Esq) Boston [Docket] New York March 26 1844

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