Henry Clay letters 1826-1833

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Henry Clay letters 1826-1833

1826-1833

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Letter to Mr. Sparks (probably Jared Sparks), dated May 21, 1826, describing the book The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe; letter to Mr. Milford, American Hotel, New York City, dated Nov. 16, 1833, asking that rooms be prepared for Clay and his family; and letter to Adam Beatty near Washington, dated April 3, 1829, declining an invitation to a public dinner. In this last letter Clay says that on their way home he and his family will "take a road, from necessity, which avoids Washington." Letter to Sparks sent from Washington, letter to Milford from Albany, letter to Beatty from Maysville.

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