Daniel Webster papers, 1800-1895 (inclusive), 1824-1852 (bulk) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, a scrapbook, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other papers of Daniel Webster, lawyer, statesman, diplomat, and politician. Among the topics covered are legal matters, the Bank of the United States, diplomacy, boundaries of the United States, Latin American relations, politics, the tariff question, Webster's 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