Inventory of the Henry Clay Papers, 1834-1844

Collection Number 154-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Title
Henry Clay Papers, 1834-1844.
Call Number
154-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
7 items.
Abstract
The collection contains three original letters (two from Henry Clay, one to him); a newspaper clipping of a letter from Clay to J. M. Clayton, 1844; photoprints of two letters from Clay; and a statement about two of the original letters. The original letters are one from Charles Burchard and John J. Foote to Clay, 1844, asking him to issue a statement of his stand on slavery; Clay's response to Burchard and Foote, indicating that his stand was well known; and one from Clay to S. W. Whiting, 1844, about an error made in the publication of one of Clay's speeches. The photoprints are of a letter, 1837, from Clay to Seth Wheatley about political matters, and from Clay to Hamilton Smith, 1834, about politics and commerce.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Henry Clay Papers, #154-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Burchard, Charles A., fl. 1844-1846.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856.
Foote, John Jackman, 1832-1897.
Smith, H. L. (Hamilton Lanphere), 1819-1903.
United States--Politics and government--1829-1837.
United States--Politics and government--1841-1845.
Wheatley, Seth, fl. 1837.
Whiting, S. W., fl. 1844.
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Biographical Note

Henry Clay (1777-1852) of Kentucky was a United States Senator, Representative, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and unsuccessful presidential candidate.

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Collection Overview

The collection contains three original letters (two from Henry Clay, one to him); a newspaper clipping of a letter from Clay to J. M. Clayton, 1844; photoprints of two letters from Clay; and a statement about two of the original letters. The original letters are one from Charles Burchard and John J. Foote to Clay, 1844, asking him to issue a statement of his stand on slavery; Clay's response to Burchard and Foote, indicating that his stand was well known; and one from Clay to S. W. Whiting, 1844, about an error made in the publication of one of Clay's speeches. The photoprints are of a letter, 1837, from Clay to Seth Wheatley about political matters, and from Clay to Hamilton Smith, 1834, about politics and commerce.