Friday, September 15, 2023

Senator Daniel Webster to Fletcher Webster, Thursday, April 18, 1850

In the Senate, April 18, Thursday, 1850.

MY DEAR SON,—I received yours this morning. You appear to have a fierce storm. Here the weather has been quite cold, and it is feared the fruits are all spoiled, or nearly so.

I have been in court in a very important cause, and all the while kept running up to the Senate. I am harassed and tired; but I have no other case for three weeks.

I suppose the committee of thirteen will be appointed to-day. We shall then see a little what will be the course of things, and when I can probably leave for home. I learn that my name is on the list for the committee, but I shall not serve on it. Again, perhaps, to-morrow.

D. W.

SOURCE: Fletcher Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol. 2, p. 366

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