Cassius Clay scrapbook, 1835-1861.

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Cassius Clay scrapbook, 1835-1861.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50104461

This one item collection is a scrapbook owned and compiled by Kentucky statesman and abolitionist Cassius M. Clay. The scrapbook features newspaper clippings and broadsides concerning the political and social issues of the day including the emancipation of slaves, the Kentucky constitution, annexation of Texas, attacks against Clay, and presidential and local elections. Also in the collection is a small photograph of Clay.

v. ; 32 cm.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7619909

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...