Henry Clay Letter
Henry Clay Letter

Author: Henry Clay

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Published: 1827

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Handwritten and signed letter, dated Dec. 26, 1827, and addressed to Benjamin Urner. Clay writes about a conversation with a "Mr. Test" in the fall of 1824 in which he expressed his preference for "Mr. Adams" over Andrew Jackson.

Henry Clay Letters
Henry Clay Letters

Author: Henry Clay

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Published: 1825

Total Pages: 13

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These papers are photocopies of Clay's personal and political outgoing correspondence. In one letter Clay writes to Adam Beatty about the war with Mexico and Zachary Taylor's candidacy (51M52). His personal letters include one to his son about coming home (60M204), about horses (60M68), about management of the crops and slaves (56M268) and about his jackass (56M262). He writes Robert L. Chilton about an omission of a clause in the Treaty of Ghent forbidding the impressment of seamen (60M96) and Mason Brown concerning a case in the Louisiana Supreme Court (60M125). One letter (60M125) contains Clay's resignation as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. In a letter to G.W. Anderson of Louisville Clay gives advice on trust property.