Clay, Sidney Payne, 1800-1834. Sidney Payne Clay : papers, 1779-1898.
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Sidney Payne Clay : papers, 1779-1898.
Primarily the papers of Sidney Clay and his father, Green Clay (1757-1828), first deputy surveyor of Kentucky. Material consists of land papers, 1819-1829; surveys by Green Clay, 1779-1828, and other surveys, 1830; legal papers, 1823-1832; papers in the lawsuit of Green Clay v. Wilday McKinney, 1820-1828; receipts, 1823-1898; papers in the settlement of the estates of Sidney P. Clay and Green Clay, 1834-1838; military papers of Captain Sidney P. Clay, 1833-1834; typed copy of a diary of Mary Catherine Rogers (Mrs. Samuel Clay, Jr.), 12 February - 4 July 1860; and a tailor's ledger, 1849-1851. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence, 1810-1896, of Sidney P. Clay, Green Clay, Isabella (Reed) Clay Weisiger, Margaret Reed, Maria Reed Nelson, John Reed Nelson, William Rodes, Sarah Woolfolk Clay Keen, Joseph Weisiger and others. Letters discuss Green Clay's lands in western Kentucky, Sidney P. Clay's management of his father's land, settlement of Green Clay's estate, faculty and students of Transylvania College, state of Kentucky banks and financial conditions, building of a house by Sidney P. Clay, the cholera epidemic in 1833, Sidney P. Clay's business affairs, his death and settlement of his estate, guardianship of John Reed Nelson, church affairs, and much discussion of family news of the Clay, Reed, Nelson, Edwards, Weisiger, and allied families. There are a few references to Cassius M. Clay and Brutus J. Clay.
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