Cassius M. Clay Collection, 1827-1901

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Cassius M. Clay Collection, 1827-1901

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This is an artificial collection brought together from several different sources. The bulk of the material is in scrapbook form. These were put together by C.M. Clay and cover many different subjects. They consist mostly of news clippings about C.M. Clay or articles and editorial comments about political issues that were relevant at the time. Also included is correspondence including letters from his mother and sister as well as other individuals such as J. Reid of the New York Tribune; the sculptor Joel Tanner Hart; Berea College President, William Frost and Curtis Field Burnam. Also included are speeches given by Clay at various venues, legal documents, photographs and a manuscript copy of Clay's autobiography.

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Eastern Kentucky University, Crabbe Library

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Eastern Kentucky University, Crabbe Library

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...