Reminiscences of Cassius M. Clay : typescript, 1940, 1960.

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Reminiscences of Cassius M. Clay : typescript, 1940, 1960.

This is a microfilmed copy of notebooks containing John James' "Reminiscences of Cassius M. Clay."

1 reel of microfilm (partial)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6820891

University of Kentucky Libraries

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James, John (John C.)

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Farm hand, Bodyguard. In the 1890's James began to work for Clay, the famed emancipationist and former minister to Russia. By then Clay, a still fiery but aged man was living in retirement at his estate, White Hall, near Richmond, Ky. James expressed a deep attachment and devotion to Clay despite the latter's eccentricities and violent tendencies. From the description of Reminiscences of Cassius M. Clay : typescript, 1940, 1960. (University of Kentucky Librar...

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...

Brock, Dora Richardson Clay.

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