TRANSCRIPTION
OF 1848 LETTER FROM SENATOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE DANIEL WEBSTER TO JOSIAH WARE
Transcribed
by: Judy C. Ware
©
Judy C. Ware February 2009
Original copy of letter on file at the RB Hayes Library in Ohio
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At the time of this letter, Daniel Webster was well established in Washington politics. Josiah was in his mid-40’s.
Washington
May
27th, 1848
My
Dear Sir:
Circumstances of a private and domestic character called me home
in March; and I have had no earlier opportunity of acknowledging and answering your letter
of the 20th of April. I should be very glad of
your Cotswold lamb, if I knew how to get him to my farm conveniently. Perhaps he might as well be shipped from this
place, as from Baltimore. I will make inquiry.
Two years ago I imported some Cheviot sheep - I like the breed
very well. It is smaller than my Leicester,
but I think rather better suited to our northeast climate.
My only sorts are Cheviots and South Down.
From what I have seen of your sheep, they appear to me to be very
superior.
Respectfully, your
Friend and obedient servant,
Daniel
Webster
Cotswold
The
Cotswold breed originated in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucester,  a south midland county of England. The
name "Cotswold" was given the breed because in the early days they were folded
or housed in shelters known locally as "cots" or "cotes" and they were
pastured on the wild, treeless hills of the area, called "wolds".
Cotswold
sheep are a large, white-faced, hornless breed
with a broad, flat back, moderately deep body, heavy fleece, and long, coarse wool hanging
in ringlets. .
From:
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date:
2008
| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press.
Placement
of family photographs & visual graphics accompanying this piece are the fine work of
John Reagan who has been an invaluable help in setting up a website for me entitled Ware
Genealogy at www.waregenealogy.com.
I will forever be grateful for his expertise & kindness. |
