Webster, Daniel

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

(1782-1852)


Orator, s. of a farmer in New Hampshire, was a distinguished advocate in Boston, and afterwards a member of the United States Senate and Sec. of State 1841-43 and 1850-52. He was the greatest orator whom America has produced, and has a place in literature by virtue of his pub. speeches.

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