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Letter from Henry Clay to E. W. Leavenworth, n.p. Ashland, 18 November 1838
Clay thanks Leavenworth for his letter informing him of the results of the election in Onondaga and other counties of New York. Other letters which he has received leave no doubt of the triumph of the Whigs throughout the state for which, Clay says, the Nation, Posterity and Mankind should be eternally grateful. -
Letter from Henry Clay to F.A. Rupley, Middleway, Jefferson County, Virginia. 11 March 1840
Copy of the "Resolution directing Medals to be struck, and, together with the thanks of Congress, presented to Major General Harrison and Governor Shelby..." approved 4 April 1818, endorsed by Clay. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Farnham Plummer, Boston, Massachusetts. Ashland, 26 May 1846
His son had intended to ship a considerable quantity of hemp but the low price on the Eastern market has discouraged him. He has sold most of his water rolled hemp in Louisville at $150 per ton. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Francis Granger. Falls of Niagra, New York, 19 July 1839
Clay goes to Lockport today and then to Rochester next to Canandaigua. He wants to see Granger's saltworks and then go to Oswego and on to Montreal and Quebec. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Francis T. Brooke, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Washington, D.C. 14 February 1833
Clay completed his plan for a compromise on the nullification issue a few days ago and has submitted it as a bill to the Senate. The Van Buren men will try to frustrate it as will Webster and other New England senators. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Francis T. Brooke, Richmond, Virginia Washington, 17 January 1833
Clay laments the state of the nation politically. The "will" of Andrew Jackson rules. Discusses the current tariff question and crisis with South Carolina. Has been thinking of the problem but not yet matured a plan. Any plan he did propose would be rejected because he offered it. Even though thought of letting sides fight it out he must do what he can for the good of the country, but doubts he can accomplish much. -
Letter from Henry Clay to G. A. Worth, Frankfort, Kentucky. 27 November 1820
Clay advises Worth that he has begun suit against C. Scott and Jacob Fowler for a debt owed to Worth. -
Letter from Henry Clay to G. W. Featherstonhaugh, Duanesburgh, New York. Lexington, Ky., 10 October 1824
Clay believes he will obtain the votes of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Kentucky. Jackson will lose Louisiana according to the Governor and Mr. Bouligny of that state. If Crawford withdraws, Clay will carry Virginia as Adams is not liked there. Discusses Calhoun's position for the vice presidency. Horace Holley saw Crawford four weeks ago and saw evidence of his paralytic attack. Discusses Van Buren's support of Crawford. -
Letter from Henry Clay to G. W. Featherstonhaugh. Washington, D.C. 9 December 1824
Discusses the disappointing election results and his thoughts on the reasons for them. Thanks Featherstonhaugh for his support and believes that the cause of domestic manufactures will prevail. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Garett Davis. Lexington, Ky., 13 January 1845
Asks Davis to check on the genuineness of a letter Clay received. Believes there is ample choice in the variety of the propositions to annex Texas. -
Letter from Henry Clay to General Henry A. Dearborn, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Ashland, Lexington, Ky., 15 September 1831
Thanks Dearborn for his remarks urging Clay to return to the U.S. Senate. Believes he may return to that body. The defeat of Jackson will be easy with the cooperation of all his opponents. Clay is willing to support any candidate selected by his party for the Presidency, if the party decides against Clay. -
Letter from Henry Clay to George Claiborne Thompson, near Harrodsburg Ky. Washington, 22 February 1817
Received Thompson's " favor" by Capt. Moore. "The public wants in K" have been a surprise but Clay can't believe that Thompson's father' s cause, in which Clay has cooperated with Geo. C. Thompson, has been lost. Says "Kentucky may be under an eclipse...but her light cannot...be extinguished." There is much speculation in Washington about the new cabinet. J.Q. Adams will certainly be Secy. of . State, "Mr. Williams" remain in the Treasury, "if he pleases," Crowninshield won't "give up the ship" and, it is rumored, Secy. of War will go to Col. Shelby. -
Letter from Henry Clay to George Gibson, Washington, D.C. Lexington, Ky. 11 October 1819
Mr. Gray and Mr. Anderson of Lexington wish to supply part of the army for the government with Charles Wilkins and John Tilford as sureties. Clay recommends them as men of respectability and integrity. -
Letter from Henry Clay to George W. Dawson, Washington, D.C. Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky. 8 July 1829
Clay writes to determine the status of a legal problem regarding his slave Letty and asks for information on her petition for freedom. He directs Dawson in regard to legal procedures. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Greenbury Ridgely, Lexington, Kentucky. Washington D.C., 31 December 1818
The motion to establish a territorial government in Arkansas was an initiative step. It will be some time before it becomes law. Clay will let Ridgely know when he should come to Washington. Applications for appointments are made through the Secretary of State or the President Cautions that many people seek such positions. -
Letter from Henry Clay to H. Jackson, Paris, France. London, England, 24 June 1815
Introduces Mr. Ticknor, an American who is spending two or three years touring Europe. -
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 Henry Grinnell and Capt. Ezra Nye, New York. Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky. 27 September 1845
Clay thanks Grinnell for a painting of the packet Henry Clay, owned by Grinnell, Minturn & Co. which has just arrived. He thanks them, too, for the offer of free passage to Europe aboard the ship, but doubts he will ever again make the trip. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Henry M. Brackenridge, Tarentum near Pittsburg, Penn. Ashland [Ky.], 12 November 1843
Discusses divisions between the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties in Penn.; the Compromise of 1833 and criticism against it; and the reestablishment of a national bank. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Hon William P. Thomasson. Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky. 8 July 1844
Hesitates to make a statement on the naturalization laws. Entertains "strong doubts as to the propriety of my expressing my opinion on public questions, since I became formally a candidate for the Presidency." Comments on his views on foreigners and the need to be guided by public opinion.