Letters to Jacob Burnet, 1822 August 27 and October 5.

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Letters to Jacob Burnet, 1822 August 27 and October 5.

Clay requests Burnet to serve as a commissioner on the tribunal considering the dispute between Virginia and Kentucky over the terms of Kentucky's secession from Virginia.

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