Document, 1879.

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Document, 1879.

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This document is Blanton's description of a duel between Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall in January 1809, which Blanton said took place in Indiana. A postscript by Patrick U. Major, the apparent recipient of the statement, named Marshall's surgeon.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research 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...

Major, Patrick.

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Blanton, Herbert

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Clay, an influential U.S. Senator and three-time presidential candidate, was one of the most significant figures in nineteenth-century American politics. Marshall, his bitter political enemy, was a controversial U.S. senator, editor, and historian. From the description of Document, 1879. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28189376 ...

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...