{"value"=>"<p>Consists of letters Webster received (in some instances letters are addressed to Noah Webster) concerning family and personal matters, Noah Webster's estate, and the copyright, production, and sale of Noah Webster's books. Correspondents are family members, friends, Yale classmates, and business associates. Principal correspondents are: John Curtis, a friend and possibly a business partner; William Wolcott Ellsworth (1791-1868), lawyer, Connecticut congressman (1829-1834), Governor of Connecticut (1838-1842), and husband of William's sister Emily; Rosalie Stuart Webster; sons Stuart and Eugene Webster; and sister and brother-in-law Julia (Frances Juliana) Webster Goodrich and Chauncey Allen Goodrich. A few letters from William's mother Rebecca Greenleaf Webster are included in the general correspondence. Also included are drafts of a few of William's letters, travel documents from the 1820s, and some legal documents.</p>"}