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Guide to Research Collections American Antiquarian SocietyWorcester, MA Papers: 1812-1852. 14 items. Fragments of correspondence bearing his signature, brief notes, copy of a speech, and comments on political events. American Philosophical Society Philadelphia, PA Papers: 1 letter to Webster in Eli K. Price papers, 1820-1853; correspondence in Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg papers, 1805-1847; Duane family papers, 1770-1933; John Vaughan papers, 1768-1922; Ely Samuel Parker papers, 1794-1946, available on microfilm; and John Kintzing Kane papers, [ca. 1800]-1892. Boston Public Library Boston, MA Papers: 92 items. Boston University Boston, MA Papers: 1838-1852. 3 letters and 1 document. Brandeis University Library Waltham, MA Papers: Correspondence (1840-1843) with Moses Atwood, Rufus Choate, Isaac P. Davis, Henry Fuller, Willard Phillips, Elihu Smith, Jared Sparks, Ray Thomas, and others in Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang collection, 1718-1892. 5 feet. Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, NY Papers: 1832-1851. 7 items. Personal and official correspondence. Finding aid. Brown University Providence, RI Papers: 1843-1851. 4 letters. Also poem (no date) by John Reuben Thompson on Death of Webster. Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Buffalo, NY Papers: 345 letters as secretary of state in Millard Fillmore papers, 1809-1919. Available on microfilm. Finding aid. Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library New York, NY Papers: 1828-1837. 29 letters. Business correspondence. Finding aid. Connecticut Historical Society Hartford, CT Papers: 10 items (1816-1852) in various collections. Finding aid. Cornell University Libraries Rare Books and Manuscript Collections Ithaca, NY Papers: Correspondence in Moses Coit Tyler collection, 1779-1899 (bulk 1850-1899); and Marquis de Lafayette collection, 1520-1849. Dartmouth College Hanover, NH Papers: 1800-1852. 1,800 items. Available on 41 microfilm reels, with published guide and index. Also photographs, portraits, and memorabilia. Filson Club Historical Society Louisville, KY Papers: 1837, 1842. 2 letters. Also several references in various collections. Harvard University Houghton Library Cambridge, MA Papers: 1801-1852. Ca. 200 items. 26 letters (1831-1852) from Webster to Harriette Story White Paige; 11 letters (1817-1852) to James William Paige; other correspondence of Webster to the Paiges; rough notes for Webster’s Faneuil Hall speech (1841); dedications to volumes 2, 5, 6 of his collected works; and other papers. Finding aid. Additional Papers: 119 letters and invitations chiefly relating to 1839 European trip and Mrs. Webster’s journal of the trip in Daniel and Caroline Webster papers, 1822-1839; 258 letters to Franklin Haven, president of Merchant’s National Bank of Boston, in Franklin Haven papers, 1837-1858; and transcripts of official dispatches in Abbott Lawrence papers, 1837-1852 (bulk 1849-1852). Historical Society of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Papers: Correspondence in John William Wallace collection, 1725-1854; John Sergeant papers, 1783-1897; Daniel William Coxe papers, 1793-1868; Hopkinson family papers, 1735-1863; and Roswell L. Colt papers, 1808-1854. Knox College Seymour Library Galesburg, IL Papers: 3 letters (January 21, 1825; December 18, 1848; June 25, 1847) in Bookfellow foundation autograph collection, 1705-1940. Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, DC Papers: 1800-1900 (bulk 1824-1852). 5 feet. In part, transcripts of ca. 400 original letters at the New Hampshire Historical Society. Correspondence, scrapbook, speeches, clippings, and other papers. Topics include the Bank of the United States, diplomacy, Latin American relations, politics, his early life, public opinion of the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, development of the anti-Masonic movement, and Webster’s role in Tyler’s cabinet. Available on 8 microfilm reels. Finding aid. Also 41 reels of microfilm of originals (1800-1852) at Dartmouth College, with published guide and index. Finding aid. Maryland Historical Society Baltimore, MD Papers: 1814-1891. 60 items. Correspondence, drafts of speeches, and family papers. Miscellaneous papers in other collections. Massachusetts Historical Society Boston, MA Papers: Ca. 1,200 items (1800-1865) in various collections. Includes letters, speeches, invitations, receipts, notebooks, photographs and portraits. New Hampshire Historical Society Concord, NH Papers: 1798-1852. Ca. 6 feet. Political, social, business, personal, and family correspondence, especially correspondence with his first wife, Grace Fletcher Webster, and his second wife, Caroline Leroy Webster; addresses; memoranda; articles; and portraits. Includes correspondence relating to the Austrian Revolution and to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, and notes on Webster’s “Reply to Hayne”, and “Seventh of March” speeches. Available on 10 microfilm reels. Finding aid. New-York Historical Society New York, NY Papers: 1816-1842. 145 items. New York Public Library New York, NY Papers: 1 letter (May 24, 1830) in the James Barbour papers; in Gilbert Holland Montague collection, [ca. 1600-1900]; clippings in Luther R. Marsh scrapbook, 1888-1894; correspondence in George William Gordon papers, 1825-1852 (bulk 1840-1852); Alfred Williams Anthony collection, 1679-1944; and William Edgar papers, 1750-1870. New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections Albany, NY Papers: 1 letter (February 18, 1837) to O.K. Barrell; correspondence in John Ellis Wool papers, 1765-1899; in Autographs of American Statesmen collection, ca. 1770-1865; and Harmanus Bleeker papers, 1801-1885. Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA Papers: 11 letters. Also items in the Gilbert Streeter correspondence; Watters family papers, 1760-1931; and John Greenleaf Whittier papers, 1781-1922. Phillips Exeter Academy Library Exeter, NH Papers: 1823-1852. Ca. 100 items. Correspondence relating to politics, business, and personal affairs. Finding aid. Pierpont Morgan Library New York, NY Papers: 23 items (1808-1852); and 76 items (1820-1850) on various political topics in the Gilder Lehrman collection. Finding aid. Princeton University Seeley G. Mudd Library Princeton, NJ Papers: In the Andre deCoppet collection, 1566-1942. Rutgers University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives New Brunswick, NJ Papers: 1824-1852. 3 letters. State University of New York College at Oswego Penfield Library Oswego, NY Papers: Correspondence in Millard Fillmore papers, 1817-1889 (bulk 1840-1876). Temple University Libraries Rare Book and Manuscript Collections Philadelphia, PA Papers: Correspondence in Dallas family papers, 1794-1865. University of Michigan William L. Clements Library Ann Arbor, MI Papers: 39 items (1821-1851) in several collections including the Hughes, Cass, and Story collections. Business and congressional papers and correspondence. Finding aid. University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library Rochester, NY Papers: 57 letters by and 61 to Webster (1828-1852) in various collections. Finding aid. University of Virginia Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA Papers: 1800-1852. Ca. 130 items. Additional papers in various collections. Virginia Historical Society Richmond, VA Papers: 5 letters; correspondence in Wise family papers; and numerous items in various collections. Finding aid. Winterthur Museum Winterthur, DE Papers: Appraisal (December 14, 1852) of the estate of Daniel Webster. On 1 microfilm reel. Yale University Libraries Manuscripts and Archives New Haven, CT Papers: 41 microfilm reels of originals (1800-1852) in Dartmouth College Library; 8 microfilm reels of originals (1800-1900 (bulk 1824-1852)) in Library of Congress; in John McLean papers, 1817-1861, on 18 microfilm reels of originals in Library of Congress; James Watson Webb papers, 1819-1967; Irving Goodwin Vann collection, 1778-1887 (bulk 1822-1887); Harry H. Ensign collection, 1818-1880; Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852; Mary Ann Phelps Montgomery collection, 1746-1939; Johnson family papers, 1769-1886; and George Jacob Abbot papers, 1811-1901. The Papers of Daniel Webster Dartmouth College Department of History Hanover, NH Research Libraries Information Network In addition to the institutions listed above, items are also cataloged in collections at: Abigail Adams Smith Museum, New York, NY; Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, AL; Broome County Historical Society, Binghamton, NY; Colgate University Library, Hamilton, NY; College of Physicians, Historical Collections, Philadelphia, PA; Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta, GA; Friars of the Atonement, Special Collections, Garrison, NY; General Theological Seminary, New York, NY; Hagley Museum and Library, Greenville, DE; Harvard Business School, Baker Library, Boston, MA; Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Baltimore, MD; New York State Historical Association Library, Cooperstown, NY; New York Society Library, New York, NY; Northwestern Univerisity Library, Evanston, IL; Peabody Museum of Salem, MA; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY; Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, PA; Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art, Washington, DC; Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA; State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA; University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, MI; and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. |
