Author: Sydney George Fisher

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Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 9781331070054

Excerpt from The True Daniel Webster The material for a life of Webster is largely contained in his speeches and letters. For nearly two generations after his death the principal collection of these was an edition of his speeches in six volumes, published in 1851, edited by his lifelong friend, fellow-orator and pupil, Edward Everett, and two volumes of his letters edited by his son Fletcher Webster. These contained by no means all his writings, most of which in their original manuscript form have been concentrated in the New Hampshire Historical Society, at Concord, which is the richest collection of them, and the Sanborn collection in New York. The Greenough collection at Washington consists principally of letters from Websters correspondents. There are, of course, numerous letters still owned by individuals, and, unfortunately, large numbers of probably valuable letters, like those to his daughter Julia and to his English correspondents, have been lost or destroyed. In 1902 Mr. C. H. Van Tyne edited a large volume of most interesting letters from these various sources arranged so as to reveal Webster as the politician, statesman, farmer, sportsman, and in other phases of his life. In the following year the same publishers who had brought out the six-volume edition of his speeches in 1851 issued the National Edition of all his writings, both letters and speeches, in eighteen volumes. This edition, an admirable piece of book making, contains even his boyish compositions; and while not including literally everything, has thrown an immense additional light upon his life and opinions. The mass of his writings now accessible in these editions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.