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Daniel Webster letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Certificate appointing George F. Houghton as commissioner of deeds
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This certificate announces the appointment of George F. Houghton as commissioner of deeds for the state of California. Printed form, filled in by hand. Signed by McDougal and W. Van Voorhies, the secretary of state.
mssHM 4193
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People of California petition to President Franklin Pierce
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This manuscript is a petition addressed to United States President Franklin Pierce, from the "Citizens of the Northern District of the State of California," calling for the removal from office of J. Y. Mcduffie, Marshal of the Northern District, on account of his being "a professional gambler in this State, and that his appointment to office is exceedingly obnoxious to the moral sense of the People of this District." Printed form, with fifty-two hand-written signatures.
mssHM 2058
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Daniel Webster fragment of letter to unknown addressee
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This is a fragment (bottom half) of a letter by Daniel Webster. The addressee is unknown as is the date and place of the letter. He mentions "Judge Sprague."
mssHM 79099
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Daniel Webster "Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury":
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Partial autograph draft of speech "Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury" delivered in the Senate 1838 March 12 and published in The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume IV (1851), bound together with Daniel Webster autograph letter signed to Nicholas Biddle, 1837 February 24; printed excerpts from North American Review and Harper's Magazine; and portraits of Webster.
mssHM 789
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William D. Shipman letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Shipman informs Hoffman of a decision in the district court of Connecticut, and the possible ramifications.
mssHM 19017
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John Tyler, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State Daniel Webster :
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Authorizing and directing Secretary of the State Daniel Webster to affix the seal of the United States to a letter to Queen Victoria of England, written in reply to her announcement of the birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Printed form, filled in; signed by Tyler.
mssHM 1955