Daniel Webster

​​Daniel Webster played a central role in illegal land thefts and seizures of Penobscot and Passamaquoddy lands in Maine. At the same time, he served as a legal counsel for the Supreme Court of the United States during their review of Johnson v. McIntosh (1823), one of the foundational cases of Federal Indian Law in the United States. This case formed the backbone of property law and codified justifications mirroring the Doctrine of Discovery. ​

​–Lokotah Sanborn

Daniel Webster attended Phillips Exeter Academy in 1796. While a student, he boarded at the Gilman Garrison House in Exeter, New Hampshire, which Ebenezer Clifford owned at the time. This house was restored in the 1950s by William Dudley, a Gilman descendant, who transformed the home into a museum. Dudley displayed Daniel Webster’s desk and portrait, which remain in the house. A portrait of Daniel Webster is also on display at the Sarah Orne Jewett House.  ​

​–Danikah Chartier

​Photomontage

Inkjet on glossy paper, 13 x 19

2024