[Illustration: Two boys in a general store] FROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR; BEING THE HISTORY OF THE BOYHOOD AND MANHOOD OF DANIEL WEBSTER. BY HORATIO ALGER, JR., _Author of “From Canal Boy to President,” “Ragged Dick Series,” “Tattered Tom Series,” etc., etc._ NEW YORK: J. S. OGILVIE & COMPANY, NO. 31 ROSE STREET. COPYRIGHT, 1882, BY STREET & SMITH. TO MY FRIEND AND COLLEGE CLASSMATE, JUDGE ADDISON BROWN, OF NEW YORK, THIS VOLUME IS CORDIALLY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. The Cotton Handkerchief 9 II. Daniel and his Father 17 III. A Memorable Battle 25 IV. An Important Step 33 V. Daniel at Exeter Academy 41 VI. Preparing for College 49 VII. Daniel’s College Life 59 VIII. Daniel Receives some Valuable Advice 67 IX. Brotherly Love 71 X. The Two Brothers 76 XI. Daniel as an Orator 84 XII. Studying Law 92 XIII. How Daniel went to Fryeburg 97 XIV. The Preceptor of Fryeburg Academy 101 XV. The Next Two Years 109 XVI. A Great Temptation 117 XVII. Daniel Refuses a Clerkship 125 XVIII. D. Webster, Attorney 133 XIX. Daniel Overcomes a Bramble 141 XX. “The Little Black Stable-Boy.” 150 XXI. Why Daniel was sent to Congress 158 XXII. Mr. Webster as a Member of Congress 166 XXIII. John Randolph and William Pinkney 174 XXIV. Mr. Webster in Boston 184 XXV. The Oration at Plymouth 190 XXVI. The Bunker Hill Oration 199 XXVII. Adams and Jefferson 207 XXVIII. Home Life and Domestic Sorrows 218 XXIX. Called to the Senate 225 XXX. The Beginning of a Great Battle 232 XXXI. The Reply to Hayne 240 XXXII. The Secret of Webster’s Power 256 XXXIII. Honors Received in England 267 XXXIV. Called to the Cabinet 275 XXXV. Life at Marshfield 283 XXXVI. The Seventh of March Speech 289 XXXVII. Closing Scenes 296 XXXVIII.