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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01946.13 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster |
Title | Daniel Webster to James William Paige discussing his upcoming wedding |
Date | 5 December 1829 |
Author | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) |
Recipient | Paige, James William |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Appears to be planning for his 12 December 1829 marriage to Caroline LeRoy. States that if Paige cannot attend the Saturday date, "a postponement will take place till Monday following." States that Paige should arrange passage on the ship, the "Ch: Livingstone," scheduled to leave Providence, Rhode Island, Thursday 10 December. Promises not to fix the wedding date until Paige arrives, and instructs him to come prepared to stay one week. Discusses whether or not he should take his daughter Julia Webster to Washington, D.C. after the occasion. States that Julia would be better off with Mrs. Searle, her schoolteacher in Boston, than in Washington. |
Subjects | Politics Women's History Marriage Maritime Transportation Travel Education Washington, D.C. Children and Family Government and Civics |
People | Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, James William (fl. 1824-1852) LeRoy, Caroline (1797-1882) Webster, Julia (1818-1848) |
Place written | New York, New York |
Theme | Women in American History; Education; Children & Family; Government & Politics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Julia remained in Boston with her mother Grace's cousin, Eliza Buckminster Lee, following Grace's January 1828 death. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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