Henry Clay letter to Matthew L. Davis and promissory note to Thomas Grubbs [manuscript], 1837, 1845.

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Henry Clay letter to Matthew L. Davis and promissory note to Thomas Grubbs [manuscript], 1837, 1845.

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Clay, Ashland, writes to Davis, Philadelphia, 1837 October 30, discusing arrangements for elections in New York, and opposition to President Martin Van Buren's message to the special session on Congress from Conservatives in New York and from the West. A promissory note, Henry and James B. Clay, to Thomas Grubbs for $350, dated Lexington, 1845 August 1.

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