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Statue of Daniel Webster, New Hampshire's Greatest Son

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $6.95
Original Price: $11.95

Stock #:332991
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Concord
State: New Hampshire (NH)
County: Merrimack
Publisher: The Meriden Gravure Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
American statesman born Salisbury (now Franklin) 1782. Entered Dartmouth College at 15, soon at head of class. Admitted to the bar 1805. Served NH as congressman 1813-1817. Moved to Boston and reentered the House 1823, where he became the greatest orator of his time, opposing Henry Clay. Went to US Senate in 1827 and served most of the time between 1830-1850. Sec'y of state 1841-1843. Died at Marshfield, Mass. Oct. 24, 1852

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