Letters, 1826-1846.

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Letters, 1826-1846.

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Five letters, 1826, to Elizabeth Humphreys discuss their relationship, rumors about their relationship, his proposal of marriage and plans for their marriage. Two letters, 1841 and 1846, to Ninian W. Edwards discuss business and financial affairs and the election contest between Clay and Wickliffe. He states that he is "gratified that my daughters have all married gentlemen whom I respect and esteem" and he hopes that his daughters "make as good wives, as I think they have good husbands". Two deeds, 1841 and 1844, for property in Kentucky and Illinois.

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Todd, Robert S., 1792-1849

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Lexington, Kentucky lawyer, father-in-law of Ninian W. Edwards, and father of Mary Todd Lincoln. From the description of Letter, July 12, 1841. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 190881354 Lexington, Kentucky lawyer and businessman, father-in-law of Ninian W. Edwards, and father of Mary Todd Lincoln. From the description of Legal documents, 1805-1809, 1819, 1839. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 276306220 ...

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...

Humphreys, Elizabeth, 1800-1874.

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Edwards, Ninian Wirt

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Springfield, Illinois lawyer, attorney general, state legislator, superintendent of public instruction, appointed Captain, Commissary of Subsistence during Civil War, land speculator, and biographer of his father Ninian Edwards, the third governor of Illinois. Married to Elizabeth P. Todd, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. From the description of Papers, 1791-1908. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53167532 ...

Wickliffe, C. A. (Charles Anderson), 1788-1869

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Charles Anderson Wickliffe was born near Springfield, Kentucky, June 8, 1788. During the War of 1812, Wickliffe served as a private but was eventually promoted to aide-de-camp to Gen. Samuel Caldwell. He served as soldier and officer at the Battle of the Thames where an army of Kentuckians under congressman Richard M. Johnson defeated British and Indian forces and where the great Indian leader, Tecumseh, was killed. Wickliffe became commonwealth's attorney, state representative, and U.S. represe...