Lot 137
Webster, Daniel - The Famous Orator Signs a Large Check to "Self" (1782-1852) Statesman, senator, and famous orator. Check in the amount of $2,219.00 signed "Danl Webster" and made out to "self" in the hand of a secretary, 2½ x 6", Washington City, 16th November, 1844. The check is imprinted "Corcoran & Riggs" and has a decorative border at left margin. Minor toning; two small tape remnants at right margin on verso.
Webster represented first New Hampshire, then Massachusetts in the House of Representives, and served as U.S. senator from Massachusetts. In the Senate, he was a member of the "Great Triumvirate," along with Henry Clay of Kentucky and John Calhoun from South Carolina. In an effort to avert civil war, he worked with Henry Clay to pass the Compromise of 1850. Webster also served as Secretary of State under three Presidents (W.H. Harrison, Tyler, and Fillmore). In 1842, he negotiated the Webster–Ashburton Treaty with Great Britain, which established the border between the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. Estimate Value $200 - 300
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