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We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.

Daniel Webster

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Daniel Webster
Age: 70 †
Born: 1782
Born: January 18
Died: 1852
Died: October 25
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Former United States Senator
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Salisbury
New Hampshire
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