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1 online resource (1,008 pages) |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; PREFACE; SYMBOLS; The Papers of HENRY CLAY; Remarks and Toast at Public Dinner; Account with Samuel Redd; From James Cowan; From Robert Scott; To John C. Calhoun; Inventory of Livestock and Farming Implements at Ashland -- Check to Pishey Thompson; From Robert Scott; To Francis Preston Blair; To John Quincy Adams; From William T. Barry; From John Boyle; From J[ohn] B[oyle]; Check to John Davis; From Martin Duralde (Jr.); To Josiah Stoddard Johnston; From Peter B. Porter; To Josephus B. Stuart; To George Thompson; Speech on Cumberland Road |
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Check to Robert Blair CampbellTo George William Featherstonhaugh; From Amos Kendall; To Walter Dun; From Percival Butler; To James Brown; To Peter B. Porter; To Littleton Dennis Teackle; From Francis Preston Blair; From Nicholas Biddle; Remarks on the Judicial System; To John Quincy Adams; From Philander Chase; To Nicholas Biddle; To Francis T. Brooke; To Francis Preston Blair; To Gales and Seaton; To Nicholas Biddle; From Robert Scott; To [John Quincy Adams]; From George Kremer; Appeal to the House; To Francis T. Brooke; From Lafayette; From Robert Oliver and Others; To Horace Holley |
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From Tucker and CarterTo [Thomas Smith]; To James Taylor; From Nicholas Biddle; To Francis T. Brooke; To John Quincy Adams; From Francis Preston Blair; To Francis T. Brooke; From John J. Crittenden; Promissory Note to Samuel J. Donaldson; Agreement with Samuel J. Donaldson; Note of Introduction for Felix Huston; From Samuel J. Donaldson; To John Quincy Adams; To Nicholas Biddle; To Francis T. Brooke; From William Creighton, Jr.; From Amos Kendall; From [Daniel Drake]; From Amos Kendall; To James Erwin; To Hubbard Taylor; To George W. Featherstonhaugh; From Samuel J. Donaldson; From John Binns |
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To [John Quincy Adams]To Samuel Smith; Remarks on Bill to Establish Navy Yard; Resolution of Thanks from the House of Representatives; Remarks on Adjourning the House of Representatives; To Francis T. Brooke; To [John Quincy Adams]; To [James Barbour]; Commission as Secretary of State; From Francis Preston Blair; To Nicholas Biddle; From Alexander Armstrong and Samuel Potts; From Robert Scott; Circular; From Nicholas Biddle; To [John Quincy Adams]; From Nicholas Biddle; From Antonio José Cañaz; To Nicholas Biddle; From N.C. Findlay; Settlement with James Smith, Jr |
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From Simon Gratz and BrotherDraft by James Smith, Jr.; From Josephus B. Stuart; From J[oseph] A[nderson]; From Caleb Atwater; To Samuel Smith; From Samuel Smith; From J. Wingate, Jr.; From [Samuel L.] Southard; To Jose Maria Salazar; From R[obert] D. Richardson; From Henry R. Storrs; From Amos Kendall; To Christopher Hughes; Address to the People of the Congressional District; To Joel R. Poinsett; To Elisha Whittlesey; To Joel R. Poinsett; From John H. Eaton; To [John Quincy Adams]; To James Brown; To James Strong; From Wade Mosby; From John H. Eaton; To Wade Mosby; From J[ames] B[rown] |
| Summary |
This fourth volume in the ten-volume series covers the career of Henry Clay during his first year as Secretary of State in the cabinet of President John Quincy Adams. Within a month after taking office, Henry Clay described the Department of State as ""no bed of roses."" Even though routine papers bearing his signature have been omitted by the editors, the 950 pages of documents included in this volume show that many duties filled Clay's days and nights. The evidence in autograph drafts and the meagerness of revision in the official documents indicate the need for major reconsideration of Clay' |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 5, 2015) |
| Subject |
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
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| SUBJECT |
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 fast |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Sources
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hopkins, James F., editor
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| ISBN |
9780813156705 |
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081315670X |
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0813100542 |
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9780813100548 |
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