Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 to George Thompson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00144 Author/Creator: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Place Written: Lexington, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 26, 1828 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Based on news from Kentucky, Clay predicts to Colonel Thompson that John Quincy Adams will beat Andrew Jackson for Presidency. Four years earlier, Clay, as a Kentucky Senator, had helped Adams defeat Jackson when the Presidential election came before Congress. Clay and Jackson would dislike each other from then on. In this election though, Jackson emerged victorious, even in Clay's state of Kentucky.
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