Henry Clay Pindell : papers, 1857-1882.

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Henry Clay Pindell : papers, 1857-1882.

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Papers consist of correspondence of a committee for a statue of Henry Clay for the Jefferson County courthouse, and include letters, 1857-1876, from Joel Tanner Hart discussing sculpting the statue, a 26 Mar. 1867 letter from Millard Fillmore to the committee declining being the speaker at the statue's dedication and discussing the sad current state of the country and its need for Henry Clay, and letters to Pindell relating to the administration of Hart's estate; subscription lists for the statue, 1862-1863; accounts and receipts of expenses for erecting the statue; and manuscripts of Hart's poems, 1830-1873.

0.66 cubic ft. (236 items)

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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...

Pindell, Henry Clay, 1823-1882.

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Lawyer. From the description of Henry Clay Pindell : papers, 1857-1882. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49309051 ...

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

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Millard Fillmore was born in Cayuga County, N.Y. and later became a resident of East Aurora and Buffalo. He was a lawyer, local office holder, State Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, N.Y. State Comptroller, Vice-President under Zachary Taylor and 13th U.S. President, 1850-1853. He was also involved in establishing numerous Buffalo institutions. He was a founder and first Chancellor of the University of Buffalo, Commander of the Union Continentals (Home Guard) during Civil War, and first president o...

Hart, Joel T. (Joel Tanner), 1810-1877

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Joel Tanner Hart was born in Clark County, Kentucky, February 10, 1810 to Josiah and Judith Tanner Hart. As a young man, he built stone walls and chimneys for a living and by the age of twenty-one was working in Pruden's marble yard in Lexington, Kentucky carving headstones and monuments. Hart began his career in sculpture when Shobal Vail Clevenger, a young sculptor from Cincinnati, encouraged him to sculpt a marble bust of Cassius Marcellus Clay. From then on, Hart received commissions to make...