Letters, 1813, 1825.

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Letters, 1813, 1825.

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Feb. 16, 1813 letter to Isaac Shelby reports British and Indian military affairs in Lake Michigan region and names British agents at Prairie du Chien; April 27, 1825 letter to Elijah C. Berry requests tax quotation on land owned by Henry Clay.

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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...

Berry, Elijah Conway, 1781-1849.

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Illinois state auditor, 1818-1831 (resigned); director, state bank, 1819, president, 1825; printer, co-publisher Western Intelligencer, Kaskaskia, Illinois, and Illinois Intelligencer, Vandalia, Illinois; adjutant general, Illinois Militia, 1821, reappointed 1828. From the description of Legal document: Vandalia, Illinois, 1829 Nov. 26. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159038 ...

Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833

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Edwards was governor of Illinois. Sloane was a representative from Ohio. From the description of Letter : Belleville, Ill., to [John] Sloan[e], Ohio, 1828 Oct. 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249240 From the description of Letter : Belleville, Ill., to [John] Sloan[e], Ohio, 1828 Oct. 25. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 83279239 Lawyer, judge; Kentucky state representative, 1796-1797; governor, Illinois Territory, 1809...

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826

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Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor, was born in Maryland in 1750. As a young man, he served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, from which he emerge as one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina. Following the war, he and his bride, Susannah Hart, moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he quickly became a leader in Kentucky politics. He was chosen as Kentucky's first governor, serving from 1792-1796. Just before the War of 1812, Shelby was persuaded by...