Letter : [Frankfort, Ky.], to Hannah Payne, Mays Lick, Ky., 1809 Jan. 18 and 21.

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Letter : [Frankfort, Ky.], to Hannah Payne, Mays Lick, Ky., 1809 Jan. 18 and 21.

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Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet with address. While attending a Kentucky Assembly session, Devall Payne wrote to his wife Hannah about the duel between Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall.

1 item (3 p.) ; 26 cm.

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Marshall, Humphrey, 1760-1841

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Humphrey Marshall was born in Virginia in 1760. He worked as a surveyor and served in the Virginia Cavalry in the Revolutionary War before moving to Kentucky in 1780. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in Fayette County. Marshall began a stormy and controversial political career as a delegate to the 1787 convention in Danville where he opposed the proposed separation of Kentucky from Virginia. After Kentucky became a state, he served four terms as an U.S. Representative for the new C...

Payne, Hannah I. B. (Innes Brent), 1769-1837.

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Payne, Devall, 1764-1830.

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