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Webster was famous for his oratory, his legal and diplomatic skills, and his efforts to avoid the Civil War in the name of American nationalism. In an era that appreciated long complex speeches, Webster was acclaimed the greatest of all orators.  He was one of the nation's most prominent conservatives, as an opponent of [[Andrew Jackson]] and the [[Democratic party]], a spokesman for modernization and the industrial interests of New England, and a leader of the [[Whig Party]]. During his forty years in national politics Webster served in the House of Representatives for ten years (representing New Hampshire), the Senate for nineteen years (representing Massachusetts), and served as Secretary of State for three presidents. He aspired to the White House but was an elitist, not a "man of the people," and the people knew it.  

Webster was famous for his oratory, his legal and diplomatic skills, and his efforts to avoid the Civil War in the name of American nationalism. In an era that appreciated long complex speeches, Webster was acclaimed the greatest of all orators.  He was one of the nation's most prominent conservatives, as an opponent of [[Andrew Jackson]] and the [[Democratic party]], a spokesman for modernization and the industrial interests of New England, and a leader of the [[Whig Party]]. During his forty years in national politics Webster served in the House of Representatives for ten years (representing New Hampshire), the Senate for nineteen years (representing Massachusetts), and served as Secretary of State for three presidents. He aspired to the White House but was an elitist, not a "man of the people," and the people knew it.  

==Early Career==

==Early career==

He was born on January 18, 1782, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, the ninth of the ten children of Ebenezer Webster, a prominent local politician. Webster attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. After teaching school briefly in Maine, he studied law with the noted politician Christopher Gore in Boston, where he was admitted to the bar in 1805.  Webster practiced law in Boscawen, N.H., and then (1807-1816) in Portsmouth, N.H. He became a spokesman for merchants and shipowners who objected to the embargo and other commercial restrictions imposed by the federal government under presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]]. They opposed the [[Embargo of 1807]] and the [[Nonintercourse Acts]]. At this time an advocate of states rights, Webster suggested that New Hampshire might "interpose" to protect its citizens from unconstitutional measures of the federal government. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire as a [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] in 1812 and again in 1814. In the House of Representatives he criticized the war with England and opposed conscription and other measures for carrying it on, but he did not support the [[Hartford Convention]] of 1814 as did more extreme Federalists.

He was born on January 18, 1782, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, the ninth of the ten children of Ebenezer Webster, a prominent local politician. Webster attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. After teaching school briefly in Maine, he studied law with the noted politician Christopher Gore in Boston, where he was admitted to the bar in 1805.  Webster practiced law in Boscawen, N.H., and then (1807-1816) in Portsmouth, N.H. He became a spokesman for merchants and shipowners who objected to the embargo and other commercial restrictions imposed by the federal government under presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]]. They opposed the [[Embargo of 1807]] and the [[Nonintercourse Acts]]. At this time an advocate of states rights, Webster suggested that New Hampshire might "interpose" to protect its citizens from unconstitutional measures of the federal government. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire as a [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] in 1812 and again in 1814. In the House of Representatives he criticized the war with England and opposed conscription and other measures for carrying it on, but he did not support the [[Hartford Convention]] of 1814 as did more extreme Federalists.

===Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842===

===Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842===

The period from 1840 to 1844 was one of the stormiest passages

The period from 1840 to 1844 was one of the stormiest passages

in Webster's career. That he not only survived it, but also accomplished something of enduring value to his country is a tribute to his courage, his ability, and his guile.  He was secretary of state under presidents [[William Henry Harrison]] (who only lasted thirty days)  and [[John Tyler]] (1841-1843), who broke with the Whig party and was disowned by it. Webster remained in Tyler's cabinet until May 1843 at the cost of his own standing in the Whig party in order to advance the larger national interest as well the cause of peace. Always an admirer of Britain, and lionized on his visit there (1839), he considered good Anglo-American relations as desirable for economic as well as sentimental reasons, for Britain was the chief trading partner.  The British negotiator Lord Ashburton was a banker with many financial and personal ties to America.  The two of them overcame petty localisms--such as the lumberjacks and farmers in the border region of Maine and New Brunswick who threatened violence if they did not get their border line. Webster did not ignore them but overcame them by flooding Maine with propaganda to the effect the new treaty was a great bargain. The two diplomats focused on the need to secure amicable relations between the two great powers in the North Atlantic, and they succeeded.  They settled all the border issues that had festered for a half century by drawing compromise lines that proved final; they could not find a compromise on the Oregon question and dropped that issue. Likewise they settled the nasty legal disputes that had arisen when Canadian rebels used American merchant ships to bring in military supplies to the rebels inside Canada.<ref> Troubles had arisen in 1837 when Canadian militia burned a U.S. steamship, the "Caroline", in U.S. waters because it was used by rebels. Also involved was the 1840 arrest in New York State of a Canadian, Alexander McLeod, accused by New York officials of involvement in the Caroline affair.  See Howard Jones and Donald A. Rakestraw, ''Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s'' (1997). Jones (1977) disproves old unfounded rumors that Webster took bribes from the British.</ref>

in Webster's career. That he not only survived it, but also accomplished something of enduring value to his country is a tribute to his courage, his ability, and his guile.  He was secretary of state under presidents [[William Henry Harrison]] (who only lasted thirty days)  and [[John Tyler]] (1841-1843), who broke with the Whig party and was disowned by it. Webster remained in Tyler's cabinet until May 1843 at the cost of his own standing in the Whig party in order to advance the larger national interest as well the cause of peace. Always an admirer of Britain, and lionized on his visit there (1839), he considered good Anglo-American relations as desirable for economic as well as sentimental reasons, for Britain was the chief trading partner.  The British negotiator Lord Ashburton was a banker with many financial and personal ties to America.  The two of them overcame petty localisms—such as the lumberjacks and farmers in the border region of Maine and New Brunswick who threatened violence if they did not get their border line. Webster did not ignore them but overcame them by flooding Maine with propaganda to the effect the new treaty was a great bargain. The two diplomats focused on the need to secure amicable relations between the two great powers in the North Atlantic, and they succeeded.  They settled all the border issues that had festered for a half century by drawing compromise lines that proved final; they could not find a compromise on the Oregon question and dropped that issue. Likewise they settled the nasty legal disputes that had arisen when Canadian rebels used American merchant ships to bring in military supplies to the rebels inside Canada.<ref>Troubles had arisen in 1837 when Canadian militia burned a U.S. steamship, the "Caroline", in U.S. waters because it was used by rebels. Also involved was the 1840 arrest in New York State of a Canadian, Alexander McLeod, accused by New York officials of involvement in the Caroline affair.  See Howard Jones and Donald A. Rakestraw, ''Prologue to Manifest Destiny: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s'' (1997). Jones (1977) disproves old unfounded rumors that Webster took bribes from the British.</ref>

The slave trade issue was solved by agreement that the U.S. Navy would cooperate with the Royal Navy to halt the African slave trade, which was illegal in both nations.<ref>Informally Webster and Ashburton also solved two other high profile issues. The "Creole" was an American ship carrying slaves from one American port to another (which was legal). The slaves revolted and landed in Bermuda, where Britain set them free. Britain agreed to pay damages (which came to $110,330); Britain also agreed to end the impressment of American sailors which had been a casus bellum of the [[War of 1812]]. </ref>  The [[Webster-Ashburton Treaty]] achieved peaceful relations that lasted until the Civil War in 1862 opened very serious new dangers.  

The slave trade issue was solved by agreement that the U.S. Navy would cooperate with the Royal Navy to halt the African slave trade, which was illegal in both nations.<ref>Informally Webster and Ashburton also solved two other high profile issues. The "Creole" was an American ship carrying slaves from one American port to another (which was legal). The slaves revolted and landed in Bermuda, where Britain set them free. Britain agreed to pay damages (which came to $110,330); Britain also agreed to end the impressment of American sailors which had been a casus bellum of the [[War of 1812]].</ref>  The [[Webster-Ashburton Treaty]] achieved peaceful relations that lasted until the Civil War in 1862 opened very serious new dangers.  

Webster rejected the pleas by the independent [[Republic of Texas]] that it join the United States, and helped prepare the Cushing mission to China, which concluded the [[Treaty of Wanghia]] (1844), opening several Chinese ports to American trade.

Webster rejected the pleas by the independent [[Republic of Texas]] that it join the United States, and helped prepare the Cushing mission to China, which concluded the [[Treaty of Wanghia]] (1844), opening several Chinese ports to American trade.

==Oratory==

==Oratory==

Webster made many famous speeches, including the presentation to the Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College case, the Plymouth Speech (1820, where he interpreted the sweep of American history), the Second Reply to Hayne (1830, where Webster emphasized the indissoluble nature of the government), and the Seventh of March speech during the debates on the [[Compromise of 1850]], where he cried out for compromise and reconciliation to preserve the Union. In every case the theme was the links between past, present and future, especially the roles of [[Republicanism, U.S.|republicanism]] and civic virtue with nationalism a sacred cause that should override all other concerns.<ref> See David F. Ericson, "The Nullification Crisis, American Republicanism, and the Force Bill Debate." ''Journal of Southern History'' 1995 61(2): 249-270. Issn: 0022-4642 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4642%28199505%2961%3A2%3C249%3ATNCARA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E  in Jstor]]</ref>

Webster made many famous speeches, including the presentation to the Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College case, the Plymouth Speech (1820, where he interpreted the sweep of American history), the Second Reply to Hayne (1830, where Webster emphasized the indissoluble nature of the government), and the Seventh of March speech during the debates on the [[Compromise of 1850]], where he cried out for compromise and reconciliation to preserve the Union. In every case the theme was the links between past, present and future, especially the roles of [[Republicanism, U.S.|republicanism]] and civic virtue with nationalism a sacred cause that should override all other concerns.<ref>See David F. Ericson, "The Nullification Crisis, American Republicanism, and the Force Bill Debate." ''Journal of Southern History'' 1995 61(2): 249-270. Issn: 0022-4642 Fulltext: [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4642%28199505%2961%3A2%3C249%3ATNCARA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E  in Jstor]</ref>

Webster, in his speech at the "Mass Meeting at Saratoga," makes a similarly consensual plea for the establishment of a common currency throughout the U.S., and uses the analogy of the circulation of currency through the nation and the circulation of blood through the body in order to represent the interdependency between the idea of Union and its material, particular manifestations.[7]  

Webster, in his speech at the "Mass Meeting at Saratoga," makes a similarly consensual plea for the establishment of a common currency throughout the U.S., and uses the analogy of the circulation of currency through the nation and the circulation of blood through the body in order to represent the interdependency between the idea of Union and its material, particular manifestations.[7]  

In 1840 Webster spoke at Saratoga, New York, to rebut [[Andrew Jackson]]'s attack on the National Bank as a danger to the nation. Webster insists there must be some form of abstract assurance for the nation's economic continuity.  His argument was not so much a specialist economic analysis but rather a depiction of the national currency as intrinsic and fundamental to the larger question of national unity and sovereignty. The logic of his presentation thus persuades the audience of its details by first getting it to embrace his grand vision of the American Union:

In 1840 Webster spoke at Saratoga, New York, to rebut [[Andrew Jackson]]'s attack on the National Bank as a danger to the nation. Webster insists there must be some form of abstract assurance for the nation's economic continuity.  His argument was not so much a specialist economic analysis but rather a depiction of the national currency as intrinsic and fundamental to the larger question of national unity and sovereignty. The logic of his presentation thus persuades the audience of its details by first getting it to embrace his grand vision of the American Union:

:"When that fluid in the human system indispensable to life becomes disordered, corrupted, or obstructed in its circulation, not the head or the heart alone suffers; but the whole body--head, heart, and hand, all the members, and all the extremities--is affected with debility, paralysis, numbness, and death. The analogy between the human system and the social and political system is complete; and what the lifeblood is to the former, circulation, money, currency, is to the latter; and if that be disordered or corrupted, paralysis must fall on the system.  The original, leading, main cause, then, of all our difficulties and disasters, is the disordered state of the circulation. This is, perhaps, not a perfectly obvious truth; and yet it is one susceptible of easy demonstration. In order to explain this the more readily, I wish to bring your minds to the consideration of the internal condition, and the vast domestic trade, of the United States. Our country is not a small province or canton, but an empire, extending over a large and diversified surface, with a population of various conditions and pursuits. It is in this variety that consists its prosperity; for the different parts become useful one to the other, not by identity, but by difference, of production, and thus each by interchange contributes to the interest of the other. Hence, our internal trade, that which carries on this exchange of the products and industry of the different portions of the United States, is one of our most important interests, I had almost said the most important. Its operations are easy and silent, not always perceptible, but diffusing health and life throughout the system by the intercourse thus promoted, from neighborhood to neighborhood, and from State to State.  This circuit of trade, in a country of such great extent as ours, demands, more than in any country under heaven, a uniform currency for the whole people; that what is money in Carolina shall be so elsewhere; that what the Kentucky drover receives, what the planter of Alabama sells for, what the laborer in New York gets in pay for his work, and carries home to support his family, shall be of ascertained and uniform value."<ref> ''Select Speeches of Daniel Webster 1817-1845'' (1903)</ref>

:"When that fluid in the human system indispensable to life becomes disordered, corrupted, or obstructed in its circulation, not the head or the heart alone suffers; but the whole body--head, heart, and hand, all the members, and all the extremities--is affected with debility, paralysis, numbness, and death. The analogy between the human system and the social and political system is complete; and what the lifeblood is to the former, circulation, money, currency, is to the latter; and if that be disordered or corrupted, paralysis must fall on the system.  The original, leading, main cause, then, of all our difficulties and disasters, is the disordered state of the circulation. This is, perhaps, not a perfectly obvious truth; and yet it is one susceptible of easy demonstration. In order to explain this the more readily, I wish to bring your minds to the consideration of the internal condition, and the vast domestic trade, of the United States. Our country is not a small province or canton, but an empire, extending over a large and diversified surface, with a population of various conditions and pursuits. It is in this variety that consists its prosperity; for the different parts become useful one to the other, not by identity, but by difference, of production, and thus each by interchange contributes to the interest of the other. Hence, our internal trade, that which carries on this exchange of the products and industry of the different portions of the United States, is one of our most important interests, I had almost said the most important. Its operations are easy and silent, not always perceptible, but diffusing health and life throughout the system by the intercourse thus promoted, from neighborhood to neighborhood, and from State to State.  This circuit of trade, in a country of such great extent as ours, demands, more than in any country under heaven, a uniform currency for the whole people; that what is money in Carolina shall be so elsewhere; that what the Kentucky drover receives, what the planter of Alabama sells for, what the laborer in New York gets in pay for his work, and carries home to support his family, shall be of ascertained and uniform value."<ref>''Select Speeches of Daniel Webster 1817-1845'' (1903)</ref>

==Lawyer==

==Lawyer==

Webster was undoubtedly the best constitutional scholar of his generation and probably had more influence on the powerful [[John Marshall|Marshall Court]] than any other advocate.  Of the 223 cases he argued before the Supreme Court, he won about half of them. But, even more, Webster played a crucial role in eight of the most celebrated constitutional cases decided by the Court between 1801 and 1824. In many of these--particularly in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)--the Supreme Court handed down decisions based largely on Webster's arguments. Marshall patterned some of his Court decisions after Webster's briefs, and Webster played a crucial role in helping many of the justices interpret matters of constitutional law. As a result many people began calling him the Great Expounder of the Constitution.<ref> Remini (1999) pp 162, 208</ref>

Webster was undoubtedly the best constitutional scholar of his generation and probably had more influence on the powerful [[John Marshall|Marshall Court]] than any other advocate.  Of the 223 cases he argued before the Supreme Court, he won about half of them. But, even more, Webster played a crucial role in eight of the most celebrated constitutional cases decided by the Court between 1801 and 1824. In many of these—particularly in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)--the Supreme Court handed down decisions based largely on Webster's arguments. Marshall patterned some of his Court decisions after Webster's briefs, and Webster played a crucial role in helping many of the justices interpret matters of constitutional law. As a result many people began calling him the Great Expounder of the Constitution.<ref>Remini (1999) pp 162, 208</ref>

=="Godlike Dan" and "Black Dan" ==

=="Godlike Dan" and "Black Dan" ==

Whether people hated Webster or admired him--there was little middle ground-- everyone agreed on the majesty of his oratory, the immensity of his intellectual powers, and the primacy of his constitutional knowledge. He was the heroic champion of nationalism and modernization.

Whether people hated Webster or admired him—there was little middle ground—everyone agreed on the majesty of his oratory, the immensity of his intellectual powers, and the primacy of his constitutional knowledge. He was the heroic champion of nationalism and modernization.

Although Webster's diplomatic record was good, his 29 years in Congress produced not one significant piece of legislation. [[Henry Clay]] and [[Stephen Douglas]] were the leaders in legislation, and he never tried to rival them.  There is also evidence that Webster took bribes while in public office and sold diplomatic appointments for private gain, both taboos even by 19th standards of probity.

Although Webster's diplomatic record was good, his 29 years in Congress produced not one significant piece of legislation. [[Henry Clay]] and [[Stephen Douglas]] were the leaders in legislation, and he never tried to rival them.  There is also evidence that Webster took bribes while in public office and sold diplomatic appointments for private gain, both taboos even by 19th standards of probity.

Webster indulged his extravagant tastes (he spent enormous sums on wine, boats, and improvements to his Marshfield estate). A poor money manager, he relied on wealthy friends for indefinite "loans" to sustain his spendthrift lifestyle, a phenomenon that led his enemies to call him "Black Dan." Historians have not found any positions that he adjusted to curry favor with his rich friends, who saw it their duty to see what they considered the greatest man of the era be able to stay in office--they called him "Godlike Dan."  "Black Dan" had several mistresses, and drank excessively, but did not dramatically differ from other Senators in these regards.  

Webster indulged his extravagant tastes (he spent enormous sums on wine, boats, and improvements to his Marshfield estate). A poor money manager, he relied on wealthy friends for indefinite "loans" to sustain his spendthrift lifestyle, a phenomenon that led his enemies to call him "Black Dan." Historians have not found any positions that he adjusted to curry favor with his rich friends, who saw it their duty to see what they considered the greatest man of the era be able to stay in office—they called him "Godlike Dan."  "Black Dan" had several mistresses, and drank excessively, but did not dramatically differ from other Senators in these regards.  

==Rhetoric==

==Rhetoric==

Webster's "Reply to Hayne" in 1830 was generally regarded as "the most eloquent speech ever delivered in Congress," and was a stock exercise for oratory students for 75 years.<ref> Allan Nevins, ''Ordeal of the Union'' (1947) 1:288</ref>

Webster's "Reply to Hayne" in 1830 was generally regarded as "the most eloquent speech ever delivered in Congress," and was a stock exercise for oratory students for 75 years.<ref>Allan Nevins, ''Ordeal of the Union'' (1947) 1:288</ref>

In a speech to the New York Historical Society shortly before he died, Webster stated:  

In a speech to the New York Historical Society shortly before he died, Webster stated:  

* Smith, Craig R. "Daniel Webster's Epideictic Speaking: A Study in Emerging Whig Virtues" [http://www.csulb.edu/~crsmith/webepid.html online edition]

* Smith, Craig R. "Daniel Webster's Epideictic Speaking: A Study in Emerging Whig Virtues" [http://www.csulb.edu/~crsmith/webepid.html online edition]

* Smith, Craig R. ''Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion.'' (2005) 300pp

* Smith, Craig R. ''Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion.'' (2005) 300pp

* Smith, Craig R. "Daniel Webster's July 17th Address: A Mediating Influence in the 1850 Compromise.'' Quarterly Journal of Speech 71 (August 1985): 349-61.

* Smith, Craig R. "Daniel Webster's July 17 Address: A Mediating Influence in the 1850 Compromise.'' Quarterly Journal of Speech 71 (August 1985): 349-61.

* Smith, Craig R. ''Defender of the Union: The Oratory of Daniel Webster.'' 1989.

* Smith, Craig R. ''Defender of the Union: The Oratory of Daniel Webster.'' 1989.

* Szasz, Ferenc M. "Daniel Webster--Architect of America's `Civil Religion'.'' Historical New Hampshire 34 (Fall/Winter 1979): 223-43.  

* Szasz, Ferenc M. "Daniel Webster—Architect of America's `Civil Religion'.'' Historical New Hampshire 34 (Fall/Winter 1979): 223-43.  

* Wilson, Major L. "Of Time and the Union: Webster and His Critics in the Crisis of 1850.'' ''Civil War History'' 14 (December 1968): 293-306. ch 1 of Wilson, ''Space, Time, and Freedom: The Quest for Nationality and the Irrepressible Conflict, 1815-1861'' (1974) [http://www.questia.com/read/14321778# online edition]

* Wilson, Major L. "Of Time and the Union: Webster and His Critics in the Crisis of 1850.'' ''Civil War History'' 14 (December 1968): 293-306. ch 1 of Wilson, ''Space, Time, and Freedom: The Quest for Nationality and the Irrepressible Conflict, 1815-1861'' (1974) [http://www.questia.com/read/14321778# online edition]

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* ''Select Speeches of Daniel Webster 1817-1845'' edited by A. J. George, (1903) [http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext05/7sweb10.htm online at Project Gutenberg]<ref> Contains: Defence of the Kennistons; The Dartmouth College Case; First Settlement of New England; The Bunker Hill Monument; The Reply to Hayne; The Murder of Captain Joseph White; The Constitution Not a Compact Between Sovereign States; Speech at Saratoga; and Eulogy on Mr. Justice Story</ref>

* ''Select Speeches of Daniel Webster 1817-1845'' edited by A. J. George, (1903) [http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext05/7sweb10.htm online at Project Gutenberg]<ref>Contains: Defence of the Kennistons; The Dartmouth College Case; First Settlement of New England; The Bunker Hill Monument; The Reply to Hayne; The Murder of Captain Joseph White; The Constitution Not a Compact Between Sovereign States; Speech at Saratoga; and Eulogy on Mr. Justice Story</ref>

* ''The works of Daniel Webster'' edited in 6 vol. by Edward Everett, Boston: Little, Brown and company, 1853. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=92c15815cc33e5443a38fa6ad21dca7b&c=moa&idno=ABK0760.0001.001&view=toc online edition]

* ''The works of Daniel Webster'' edited in 6 vol. by Edward Everett, Boston: Little, Brown and company, 1853. [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=92c15815cc33e5443a38fa6ad21dca7b&c=moa&idno=ABK0760.0001.001&view=toc online edition]

* Howe, Daniel Walker, ed. ''The American Whigs: An Anthology'' (1973) [http://www.questia.com/read/11195349 online edition]

* Howe, Daniel Walker, ed. ''The American Whigs: An Anthology'' (1973) [http://www.questia.com/read/11195349 online edition]

* Wiltse, Charles M., Harold D. Moser, and Kenneth E. Shewmaker (Diplomatic papers), eds., ''The Papers of Daniel Webster'', (1974–1989). Published for Dartmouth College by the University Press of New England. ser. 1. Correspondence: v. 1. 1798–1824. v. 2. 1825–1829. v. 3. 1830–1834. v. 4. 1835–1839. v. 5. 1840–1843. v. 6. 1844–1849. v. 7. 1850–1852 -- ser. 2. Legal papers: v. 1. The New Hampshire practice. v. 2. The Boston practice. v. 3. The federal practice (2 v.) -- ser. 3. Diplomatic papers: v. 1. 1841–1843. v. 2. 1850–1852 -- ser. 4. Speeches and formal writings: v. 1. 1800–1833. v. 2. 1834–1852.

* Wiltse, Charles M., Harold D. Moser, and Kenneth E. Shewmaker (Diplomatic papers), eds., ''The Papers of Daniel Webster'', (1974–1989). Published for Dartmouth College by the University Press of New England. ser. 1. Correspondence: v. 1. 1798–1824. v. 2. 1825–1829. v. 3. 1830–1834. v. 4. 1835–1839. v. 5. 1840–1843. v. 6. 1844–1849. v. 7. 1850–1852—ser. 2. Legal papers: v. 1. The New Hampshire practice. v. 2. The Boston practice. v. 3. The federal practice (2 v.) -- ser. 3. Diplomatic papers: v. 1. 1841–1843. v. 2. 1850–1852—ser. 4. Speeches and formal writings: v. 1. 1800–1833. v. 2. 1834–1852.

* Van Tyne, Claude H., ed. The Letters of Daniel Webster, from Documents Owned Principally by the New Hampshire Historical Society. 1902. Reprint. 1970.  

* Van Tyne, Claude H., ed. The Letters of Daniel Webster, from Documents Owned Principally by the New Hampshire Historical Society. 1902. Reprint. 1970.  

* Webster, Fletcher, ed. ''The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster.'' 2 vols. 1857. [http://www.questia.com/read/58675408 online edition vol 1]

* Webster, Fletcher, ed. ''The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster.'' 2 vols. 1857. [http://www.questia.com/read/58675408 online edition vol 1]

* [[Henry Clay]]

* [[Henry Clay]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/dwe/14323.htm State Department analysis of Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842]

*[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/dwe/14323.htm State Department analysis of Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842]

* [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britain/br-1842.htm text of The Webster-Ashburton Treaty. August 9, 1842]/

* [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britain/br-1842.htm text of The Webster-Ashburton Treaty. August 9, 1842]/

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