Boston, September 24,
1821.
My Dear Sir, — I am happy to hear that you are coming up
to-morrow, to dine with the commodore. Mr. Baker, the British consul-general,
is in town. He called on me to-day, and expressed a wish to see you. I have
invited him to pass an hour with me to-morrow evening, and have promised him
your company; and he has accepted, on the strength of that promise.
Will you be kind enough to bring up with you the last
Dodson. I wish to look at the recent case about the slave-trade. I very much
fear my Lord Stowell has missed a figure. However, I suppose, as usual, he has
given plausible reasons.
We shall have some interesting questions here on this
subject, and that shortly.
Very truly yours,
D. Webster.
P. S. I am greatly delighted at this notion of going to
Worcester. I know nothing of that county, where so many venues were laid, and I
think we shall meet some good men. Bainbridge means to go with us.
SOURCE: Fletcher Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence
of Daniel Webster, Volume 1, p. 316
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