Amusing ALS signed “Danl Webster,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, no date. A letter to his cook, Monica McCarty, headed “Chowder,” in part: “‘A codfish & a haddock, both fresh from the sea, make the best chowder, cooked together—skin the two fish, take off the heads, & take out all the bones—Boil the heads & bones, by themselves, to make a jelly, to enrich the chowder—If you have salted fat pork, put some slices into the pot…If you have no pork, pure lard will answer the purpose; but it must be pure, & nice.” Pencil notations on last page indicate date of August 4, 1852. In fine condition, with splitting along folds. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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