ALS, 1844 December 2 : Ashland, to Dudley Selden.

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ALS, 1844 December 2 : Ashland, to Dudley Selden.

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Clay writes philosophically about the loss of the election of 1844,"All our friends manifest fidelity to our cause ... no alternative is left to us but that of submission ..."

1 p. ; 24.7 x 19.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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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...

Selden, Dudley, 1819-1855.

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