Before Webster became the byword for dictionary, there was Daniel Webster — New England orator, lawyer, politician — and on April 14, 1828 — the first publisher of the first American Dictionary of the English Language.

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. “Daniel Webster clipped autograph” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1802 – 18

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