ALS signed “Dan'l Webster,” one page, 4.5 x 7, September 27, 1852. Written from Marshfield, Mass., a letter to William Zantzinger, his personal secretary at the State Department, in full: "The first day of October will probably arrive in Washington, just about the time you will receive this; & upon the concurrence of these two events, I will be obliged to you to remit me a draft, on the Merchants Bank, in the usual way." Zantzinger has penned along the top: “Recd. 29th, Sept., & Draft for $500, sent same day.” In fine condition. At this time Webster was serving in his second stint as U.S. Secretary of State. In poor health and suffering from cirrhosis and a subdural hematoma, he returned to his Marshfield estate in September 1852. The "draft" that Webster requests was to be his final pay check. He died in Marshfield less than a month after writing this letter.
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