Cassius Marcellus Clay : papers, 1844-1907.

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Cassius Marcellus Clay : papers, 1844-1907.

1844-1907

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49196722

Papers consist of letters, 1844-1902, including letters written by Clay to his wife and children while serving as U.S. minister to Russia, 1862-1869; newspaper clippings containing his letters, 1852-1885m and speeches, 1853-1895, against slavery and U.S. politics; typewritten copy of his speech at Moscow in 1866; manuscript of article "Labor and Capital," 1886; clippings of his magazine articles; correspondence of his wife, Mary Jane (Warfield) Clay, 1832-1866; correspondence of his daughter, Mary Barr Clay, including letters, 1879-1902, regarding women's suffrage from Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Alice Stone Blackwell, and other suffragists; and a scrapbook of Mary Barr Clay, containing newspaper clippings about the Civil War, poems and cooking recipes.

0.66 cubic ft.

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