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Daniel Webster correspondence to Hiram Ketchum

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    Letter to Hiram Ketchum

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    Formerly bound with other documents by Webster and Henry Clay. Binding is now housed separately. Was enclosed with minutes from the journal of the Senate and the House of Representatives re: the Compromise Bill of 1833, catalogued separately as mssHM 779.

    mssHM 20993

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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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    Daniel Webster letter to Ogden Hoffman

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    This letter announces the appointment of David F. Douglas as Marshal of the Northern District of California. Printed form filled in and signed by hand.

    mssHM 19003

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    Correspondence

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    The collection of correspondence, documents, engravings, and ephemera of the Westall brothers assembled at the Huntington Library. Included are the correspondence of William and Richard Westall, a bound volume of Richard Westall's illustrations, and printed pieces and photograph reproductions of various and paintings and illustrations.

    mssHM 54281-54318, HM 63286

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    Daniel Webster Andrews letters and family papers

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    The first series includes correspondence and documents belonging to Daniel Webster Andrews and his family, chiefly his father John Andrews and his mother Susan Masson Andrews. The material is organized alphabetically by family member. In the letters by John Andrews to his brother William Andrews (who apparently was killed on August 23, 1814 in the explosion of Gunboat #146), he talks about the frigates Constitution and Independence, other ships in the Navy Yard in Charleston, and news of battles between the US troops and the British including the Battle of York (April 1813). In the letters of Daniel Webster Andrews, he writes about his experiences as a naval officer on the ship Ino. He also writes about Fort Monroe, Virginia (one of his letters is written on a pictorial lettersheet of "Fortress Monroe") and witnessing the USS Minnesota almost get hit by a torpedo as well as the sinking of the USS Patapsco. Also included is a letter from Frank Hull to Lizzie Blood describing a trip to Central City, Colorado in August 1863, as well as an 1817 commission to George Manners signed by George IV. There are also two letters by Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting, wife of William Bayard Cutting of New York, to her niece Jane Murray; one of her letters states "I feel sure that Professor [Max] Farrand will do everything possible in showing you the treasures of the Huntington Museum." Max Farrand was the Huntington Library's first director.

    mssAndrews

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    Manuscript Volume; Correspondence; Ephemera

    Manuscripts

    The collection of correspondence, documents, engravings, and ephemera of the Westall brothers assembled at the Huntington Library. Included are the correspondence of William and Richard Westall, a bound volume of Richard Westall's illustrations, and printed pieces and photograph reproductions of various and paintings and illustrations.

    mssHM 54281-54318, HM 63286