Rev. Elijah Fletcher house, 1888

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Rev. Elijah Fletcher house, 1888

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971
Colby, George H.-1948

Creator Role:

Photographer

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.12.037

Date:

1888

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Photographic print of the Reverend Elijah Fletcher house on Hopkinton Road in Concord, NH, dated 1888. The caption states, "Rev. Elijah Fletcher house Hopkinton Road corner of Jewett Road Built about 1777. This photograph made by Mr. George Colby in 1888. Grace Fletcher a daughter of Rev. Elijah was born in this house in 1781. Her father died when she was five years old. He had been the pastor of the Congregational Church (1778 - 1786), after his death his widow moved to Salisbury, New Hampshire. Here Grace became acquainted with Daniel Webster. they were married in May 29, 1809. Mrs. Webster lived but forty-six years. In December, 1827, Mr. Webster being then a member of Congress, he started with his wife for the city of Washington. She had been suffering for some time from a tumor of a somewhat unusual charactor [character], which had much lowered the tone of her system. In reaching New York, she was so sick that her husband left her there and proceeded to Washington alone. Having little hope of her recovery, he had serious thoughts of resigning his seat, in order to devote himself exclusively to the care of his wife, especially as he thought it was probable that she would linger for many months; but he had scarcely reached Washington when he was summoned back to New York by the intelligence that her disease had taken a dangerous turn. He watched at her bedside for three weeks, during which her strength insensibly lessened, and her flesh wasted away, though little pain. Mr. Webster wrote these notes which he told the story of her departure in an affecting manner." The caption continues to the back of the photograph with transcriptions of notes written by Daniel Webster on Grace Webster.

Subjects:

Dwellings , Trees

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Colby, George H.-1948

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

2