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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01946.53 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster |
| Title | Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige regarding a lost atlas and the European travel of Edward Cutris [incomplete] |
| Date | ca. 1845 |
| Author | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
| Recipient | Paige, Harriette Story |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Humorously tells sister-in-law that the families of the New York congressmen James Kent, Thomas Oakley and Edward Curtis have been "put in a commotion" regarding a lost atlas. Reports that a dispatch has been sent to Europe to follow Edward Curtis through France, Germany, Switzerland, Como, Rome, and Naples. States that he will notify George Curtis (possibly orator and New York City clerk George William Curtis) to terminate the dispatch to Europe if Curtis can meet Paige at a New York Hotel. Only the final three pages of this document survive. |
| Subjects | Travel Global History and Civics |
| People | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, Harriette Story (1806-1863) Curtis, Edward (1801-1856) Curtis, George William (1824-1892) Kent, James (1763-1847) Oakley, Thomas Jackson (1783-1857) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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