The private correspondence of Daniel Webster / edited by Fletcher Webster.

Title:

The private correspondence of Daniel Webster / edited by Fletcher Webster.

Author:

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.

Call Number:

920 W378pc 1875

Publication Information:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1875.

Physical Description:

2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Description:

Following Daniel Webster's death, the literary executors, including his son, advertised and wrote to Webster's acquaintances for his correspondence. The letters in Webster's possession at the time of his death were then given to and arranged by Mr. William Thaddeus Harris, who died Shortlyl after. The task then went to Fletcher Webster, who also received the correspondence forwarded from Webster's acquaitances and was assisted by George Tickno of Boston. Fletcher Webster then chose the letters to include in these two volumes under the title " Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster. In the first volume is an autobiography written for Mrs. Eliza Buckminster Lee by Daniel Webster in 1829, though the coverage is only through 1817. There is also a brief biographical sketch written by Daniel Webster's brother Ezekial Webster, and personal reminiscences written by Daniel Webster's classmates and friends collected by Professor E.D. Sanborn of Dartmouth.

People:

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. , Webster, Fletcher 1813-1862., , Sanborn, Edwin D. (Edwin David), 1808-1885. , Webster, Ezekiel 1780-1829.

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