Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2300Location: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2005 11:00AM
Description:
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Collection of sixteen autograph letters signed, three holograph envelopes with free franks, a signed and inscribed portrait engraving and two signed account sheet statements, 1811-1850, the letters mostly one page and discussing finances, land purchases or legal matters, one declining to give a speech in honor of the life of Lafayette, another addressed to Ticknor and Fields concerning the publication of his speeches, (mostly good, age-typical minor defects throughout).
Estimate $1,500-2,000