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Clay, James Brown, 1817-1864 to T. Kelly & Son

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03468.01 Author/Creator: Clay, James Brown, 1817-1864 Place Written: Lexington, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 March 1844 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Writes regarding a debt for Mr. Marshall. With a newspaper account mocking Clay attached to a blank page of the letter. Account from the Lexington Journal, 24 October, 1862.

Clay, James Brown, 1817-1864
Kelly, T., fl. 1844

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