[Mr. Webster's first nomination to Congress from Massachusetts.]
Boston, October 18, 1822.
Dear Sir, — We,
the undersigned, having been chosen at a meeting of delegates from all the
wards, held at Concert Hall on Thursday evening last, a committee to acquaint
you, that at that meeting you were unanimously selected to be recommended to
the support of their fellow-citizens, to represent the District of Suffolk, in
the next Congress of the United States; and having been, by your absence from
town, unable to wait upon you personally, have the pleasure to address you, to
communicate the above fact; and we beg you to be assured, that in the
performance of this duty we experience a peculiar satisfaction, which will be
greatly enhanced by the knowledge of your consent to conform, upon this
occasion, to the wishes of your friends, in the number of which we hope to be
considered, and with the highest respect and esteem remain,
Your obedient
servants,
T. H. Perkins,
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Wm. Sullivan,
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Benj. Russell,
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Committee
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Wm. Sturgis,
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J. W. T. Apthorp,
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SOURCE: Fletcher Webster, Editor, The Private Correspondence
of Daniel Webster, Volume 1, p. 321
