Letter from Henry Clay to Col. Thomas Hart, Olympian Springs. Paris, Ky., 25 May 1804

Clay writes his father-in-law that friends and family are well. and "Mrs. Hart" has been delivered of a daughter. "Mr. [James] Brown" had not left the Falls the last they heard. "The river was too low to admit of the passage of the rigged vessels and he had to look out for a flat bottom boat." Gives more details and calls the low water "a national misfortune." Recaps judgments in Hart' s favor in two lawsuits. Says yesterday's mail brought news of Bonaparte's assassination and the Bourbons reascension of the throne. "A few days will confirm or refute the rumors." Discusses the political situation in France resulting from the arrest of Moreau and Pichegru. Says the Olympian Springs,a spa in Montgomery Co which Hart owned, are a constant topic of conversation.

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