Friday, September 15, 2023

Senator Daniel Webster to Peter Harvey, Saturday Morning, May 11, 1850—6 a.m.

Astor House, Saturday morning,
May 11, six o'clock, 1850.

MY DEAR SIR,—I had a fine passage yesterday and was at Canal street at four o'clock. I hope to reach Baltimore this evening, and Washington to-morrow morning, all in time.

We had a fine time on Thursday evening. It was particularly gratifying to me, as it furnished an opportunity of meeting many respectable and spirited men of a younger generation, whose acquaintance I have not had heretofore the means of cultivating. For a crushed man I enjoyed the occasion remarkably well. If others felt as much pleasure, innocent enjoyment was extensively experienced.

Yours, truly,
DAN'L WEBSTER.

SOURCE: Fletcher Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Vol. 2, p. 368

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