Peter Harvey (October 17, 1798 – July 12, 1877) was an American merchant and author contemporary of

Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison ...

. He was known as Webster's closest friend and confidant. Harvey is known for the book that he authored about the life of Webster.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/01/07/80372981.pdf

Published works

* Harvey, Peter and Towle, George Makepeace. ''Reminiscences and anecdotes of Daniel Webster'', Little, Brown, and Company, 1877.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Peter 1798 births 1877 deaths People from Tazewell County, Virginia 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American merchants