Henry Clay correspondence, 1807-1852

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...

Mason, Emily V.

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Dory, J.D.

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Allen, Samuel A., 1801-

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In 1825, Samuel Allen went to Chester County to settle his father's estate leaving his family in Slippery Rock, PA for five years to fend for themselves and to cope with the debts left behind. From the description of Papers, 1798-1841. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489015 ...

Vaughan, Charles M.

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Rowland, T. H. (Thomas Henry), 1917-2009

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Woodbridge, William L.

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Woodbridge, Juliana.

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Stuart, Robert

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Sibley, Solomon, 1769-1846

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Solomon Sibley was born in Sutton Massachusetts on October 7, 1769. He studied law and began his practice in Marietta, Ohio in 1795. He moved to Cincinnati a year later, and came to Detroit in 1797. Sibley was elected to the first legislature of the Northwest Territory in 1797. He became a delegate to Congress from the Territory of Michigan, 1920-1823 and served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan until 1836. Solomon Sibley died in Detroit on April 4, 1846. From the descripti...

Fraser, Alexander, 1786-1865

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Stratton, Jacob.

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Richard, Gabriel, 1767-1832

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French priest and missionary in Detroit, Michigan; also co-founder of the Catholepistemiad (or University of Michigan). From the description of Gabriel Richard papers, 1792-1832. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420837 Richard was born at Saintes, France on Oct. 15, 1767. He was well educated and became a priest of the Sulpitians, a society devoted to the care of young men for the sanctuary in 1791. In 1792 he came to Baltimore (Md.), moving to Detroit (Mich.)...

Tiffin, Edward

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Mason, Laura

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Rowland, Kate.

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Woodbridge, William Ely

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U.S. senator from Michigan began his law career in 1806 in Marietta, Ohio; served in the Ohio General Assembly; served as Michigan judge, state senator, and governor. From the description of Marietta, Ohio, 1844. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41144143 ...