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Broadside "Reception of the Remains of Hon. Henry Clay," 6 July 1852
Copy of a broadside calling upon the young men of Louisville, regardless of party affiliation, to meet at the courthouse to make arrangements for the reception and transportation of the body of Henry Clay to Ashland. -
Henry Clay Passport, 8 March 1851
For Henry Clay of Ashland (with his servant James Marshall, a free colored person). Signed by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. Visa on reverse for visit to Havana. -
Henry Clay Campaign ribbon, "Clay Club"
Ribbon reads:
"Clay Club / Delegation / Washington, D.C. / "Liberty of Speech, if not the Right of Suffrage."
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Letter from Henry Clay to Ben J. Adams, Louisville, Ky. Ashland, Ky., 19 May 1851
Letter covering enclosure of letters of recommendation and introduction for a Mr. Fellows, friend of Adams, stating that he regrets not adding same to "our Ministers at London and Paris" but believes he has imposed on them enough in the past. The world's fair "has terribly interferred with my peace & repose." With an envelope addressed and franked by Clay. -
Letter from Henry Clay to the General Assembly of Kentucky. Washington, 17 December 1851
Resigning the office of a Senator of the United States from the State of Kentucky, this resignation to take effect on the first Monday of September 1852. -
Letter from Henry Clay to R. F. Backus, n.p. Washington, 13 September 1850
Clay refutes the statement that he is preparing a new tariff to be presented at the next session but writes, however, that he and some others are considering some modification of the existing tariff. -
Letter from Henry Clay to J. Morrison Harris, Baltimore. Washington, 18 September 1850
Clay informs Harris that he learned from the senators from California that the U.S. District Attorney for that state would, indeed, be a citizen of California. -
Letter from Henry Clay to J. Morrison Harris, Baltimore. Washington, 17 September 1850
Clay agrees to recommend Harris for the office of the U.S. District Attorney in California. He is afraid that the president will want the appointment to be made from the residents of that state. -
Letter from Henry Clay to J. Morrison Harris, n.p. [Baltimore]. "Ashland," 4 October 1850
Notes that he did not receive Harris' last letter in Washington but received it in Lexington. He also notes that he did not enclose a letter to the Secretary of the Interior but will if it would "afford" him any help. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Alexander H.H. Stuart, Washington. "Ashland," 4 October 1850
Letter of recommendation for J. Morrison Harris for a public job in California. Clay notes that Harris was a member of the Baltimore Bar and that he was a "personal and political friend." -
Letter from Henry Clay to Charles Lobdell. Lexington, Kentucky, 11 November 1850
Despite his rule not to send his autograph, he thanks Lobdell for his compliments and since Lobdell wants to follow Franklin's profession, he hopes he will "emulate his virtues, and attain to his fame and greatness." -
Letter from Henry Clay to Messrs. Grinnell Minturn & Co. Washington, D.C., 25 March 1850
Clay's son James informs him that he has shipped two pair of Portuguese pigs from Lisbon in care of Grinnell Minturn & Co. Clay is anxious for their safety and suggests their route to Thomas Smith in Louisville and their care enroute. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Reverend James Pratt, n.p. Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., 3 January 1850
Clay believes that the person to whom Pratt has referred in a previous letter, calling himself John Randolph, is an imposter. Clay writes that he also subscribed to the man's promised Biography of the late John Randolph of Virginia, but believes him to be untrustworthy. -
Letter from Henry Clay to E. Benson, n.p Washington, D.C., 21 April 1850
States that his son Thomas's saw mill, at the mouth of the Ohio, has a quantity of walnut logs. Has heard that such planking commands high prices in New York. Requests the current prices and desired specifications for walnut planking. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Hamilton Fish. Washington, D.C. 23 February 1851
Comments on a dispute between Fish and Mr. Maxwell and on Mr. Beckman, a New York state senator. "I believe that the substantial preservation and vigorous enforcement of the Fugitve slave law, involve the safety, if not the existence, of the Union " Advises Fish as to how to proceed with his campaign for the U.S. senate and comments on Fish's support of Seward at the beginning of Gen. Taylor's administration, "by which that senator was enabled to control a large amount of the public patronage." -
Letter from Henry Clay to The Honorable A. H. H. Stuart. Ashland, 22 October 1850
Recommending Col. William Henry Russell of California for an Indian agency in that State. -
Carte-de-visite of possibly Catherine Manser Stow, ca. 1862
According to the family, Belle Dufour Stepleton, Catharine's granddaughter, identified this photo, but we're not absolutely certain that she is correct. If it is Catharine, she is not wearing her spectacles, and would appear to be in her late 60s or early 70s. Catharine attained the age of 70 in 1881. Both the clothing and the stye of the image appear to date from an earlier era, so we have to consider that Judith Hyde Manser (d. 1871), Livia Hayward Stow (d. 1858), or someone else could be the subject, and that this carte-de-visite may have been copied from an earlier cased image (daguerreotype, tintype, or ambrotype). There is a good chance it isn't Livia Stow as she died before the invention of carte-de-visites."
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Oriental Rosebud Tobacco Label
Label reads: Manufactured by N.B. Dickinson Richmond, Va. -
American Republican Manifesto Broadside, circa 1850
This broadside linked the American Revolution's result, "INDEPENDENCE OF FOREIGN NATIONS", to the 1850s "danger of foreign influence" they believed was posed by immigration of Germans and Irish. This threat was magnified by the "most gross and outrageous frauds...committed under our present Naturalization system." Once naturalized, adult white male immigrants could vote. -
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) Mourning Ribbon
Silk ribbon memorializing the death of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850). Gold eagle holding an American Flag with profile of Taylor in gold. "The last coherent words of the venerable patriot, President Zachary Tailor [sic]: 'I die--I am expecting the summons--I am ready to meet death-- I have endeavored faithfully to discharge my duty --I am sorry to leave my friends!"