Author: LANMAN, CHARLES,
Title: The Private Life of Daniel Webster
Description: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1858. With four lithographs (portraits, birthplace, residence). Hardcover, cloth. Small 8vo. 205 pp. 13,5x19 cm. Wear to spine. Librarystamps on first free endpaper an titlepage. Paper label mounted on cover. l Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the National Republican Party, and the Whig Party. [Wikipedia]

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