Henry Clay family papers, (Record no. 39792)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number mm 78016105
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code C
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Henry,
Dates associated with a name 1777-1852.
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Henry Clay family papers,
Inclusive dates 1732-1927
Bulk dates (bulk 1814-1852).
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 18,850
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300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 75
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300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 30
Type of unit linear feet.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Microfilm edition of the papers of Henry Clay in this and other collections in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division cataloged in record 97-185283. The microfilm was produced in 1957 by the National Archives under the auspices of the National Historical Publications Commission, nos. 13,707-22N (13,789-22P), 13,789.1-1N-1P and 17,343-1N-1P.
506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE
Terms governing access Open to research.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Personal, official, and family correspondence, speeches, writings, business records, legal files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers chiefly documenting the public career and private life of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852), U.S. secretary of state and representative and senator from Kentucky; and his son, James B. Clay (1817-1864), diplomat, U.S. representative from Kentucky, and Confederate sympathizer; and other members of Henry Clay's family.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Part I consists of general correspondence mainly relating to politics, dispatches and instructions sent by Henry Clay as secretary of state to chargés d'affaires and ministers plenipotentiary, and other papers. Topics include the Burr conspiracy; Clay's duels with Humphrey Marshall and John Randolph; the War of 1812, peace negotiations, and the Treaty of Ghent (1814); tariff, public lands, internal improvements, and other postwar domestic issues; relations with South America; presidential politics, particularly the elections of 1824, 1832, 1844, and 1848 in all of which Clay was a Whig candidate or nominee; Clay's opposition to the politics of Andrew Jackson; the rechartering of the Bank of the United States; the nullification crisis; slavery in the District of Columbia; the annexation of Texas; and the influence of New York politics and the Liberty Party on the election of 1844.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Prominent correspondents in Part I include James Brown, Francis Taliaferro Brook, and Josiah Stoddard Johnston. Other correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Nicholas Biddle, Francis Preston Blair, Horace Greeley, William Henry Harrison, Christopher Hughes, Amos Kendall, the marquis de Lafayette, John L. Lawrence, John Marshall, James Monroe, Peter B. Porter, William Beatty Rochester, Richard Rush, John Sargeant, Zachary Taylor, Daniel Webster, and Robert Wickliffe.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Part II consists of correspondence, notes, memoranda, journals, speeches, and other papers of Henry Clay's mother Elizabeth Hudson Clay Watkins, brothers Porter and John Clay, father-in-law Thomas Hart, wife Lucretia Hart Clay, children Theodore Wythe Clay, Anne Brown Clay Erwin, Henry Clay, Jr., and James B. Clay, and grandchildren. Also included are client files and other legal papers from the law offices of Henry Clay, Thomas Hart, and James B. Clay in Lexington, Ky.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Part II also contains correspondence, speeches, and writings of James B. Clay relating to his diplomatic service in Portugal, support of James Buchanan in the election of 1856, his congressional career as a Whig, border wars in Kansas, the unsuccessful peace convention of 1861, and blockade-running, Braxton Bragg's campaign in Kentucky, and other Civil War topics. Papers of his sons include correspondence of James Brown Clay, Jr., aide-de-camp to Gen. John C. Breckinridge, relating to Civil War military life and campaigns; journal (1878) of Thomas Jacob Clay describing U.S. Cavalry forays against Mexicans and Indians while stationed at Fort Clark, Tex.; and correspondence and writings (1880-1884) of Henry ("Harry") Clay relating to his participation in the Arctic expeditions of A. W. Greely and Henry W. Howgate. Also includes a biography of Henry Clay and other writings by James B. Clay's wife, Susan Maria Jacob Clay, and religious and fictional writings by Lucretia Hart Clay.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Also included in Part II are the papers of James Morrison (1755-1823) include correspondence and records relating to his work as a contractor for the army during the War of 1812 and president of the Lexington branch of the Bank of the United States and to the settlement of his estate for which Henry Clay was executor. Morrison's papers also include those of George Nicholas (1754?-1790) for whom Morrison was executor. Financial records (1829-1868) of Transylvania University, a beneficiary of Morrison's estate, are also included.
544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE
Materials specified Photographs and other pictorial material
Provenance transferred to
Custodian Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Collection material in English.
555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE
Cumulative index/finding aids note Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000010">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000010</a>
555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE
Cumulative index/finding aids note Card index to the collection available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE
Cumulative index/finding aids note Reel guide to the microfilm edition available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Adams, John Quincy,
Dates associated with a name 1767-1848
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Biddle, Nicholas,
Dates associated with a name 1786-1844
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Blair, Francis Preston,
Dates associated with a name 1791-1876
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bragg, Braxton,
Dates associated with a name 1817-1876.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Breckinridge, John C.
Fuller form of name (John Cabell),
Dates associated with a name 1821-1875.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brooke, Francis Taliaferro,
Dates associated with a name 1763-1851
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brown, James,
Dates associated with a name 1766-1835
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Buchanan, James,
Dates associated with a name 1791-1868.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Henry,
Dates associated with a name 1811-1847
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Henry,
Dates associated with a name 1849-1884
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, James Brown,
Dates associated with a name 1848-1908
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, John,
Dates associated with a name 1775-1829
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Lucretia Hart,
Dates associated with a name 1781-1864
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Porter,
Dates associated with a name 1779-1849
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Susan Maria Jacob.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Theodore Wythe,
Dates associated with a name 1802-1870
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, Thomas Jacob,
Dates associated with a name 1853-1939
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay family.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Colton, Calvin,
Dates associated with a name 1789-1857.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Erwin, Anne Brown Clay,
Dates associated with a name 1807-1835
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Greeley, Horace,
Dates associated with a name 1811-1872
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Greely. A. W.
Fuller form of name (Adolphus Washington).
Dates associated with a name 1844-1935.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harrison, William Henry,
Dates associated with a name 1773-1841
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hart. Thomas,
Dates associated with a name d. 1808
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Howgate, Henry W.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hughes, Christopher,
Dates associated with a name 1786-1849
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Jackson, Andrew,
Dates associated with a name 1767-1845.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Johnston, Josiah Stoddard,
Dates associated with a name 1784-1833
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kendall, Amos,
Dates associated with a name 1789-1869
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier,
Titles and other words associated with a name marquis de,
Dates associated with a name 1757-1834
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Marshall, Humphrey,
Dates associated with a name 1760-1841.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Marshall, John,
Dates associated with a name 1755-1835
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Monroe, James,
Dates associated with a name 1758-1831
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Nicholas, George,
Dates associated with a name 1754?-1799.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Porter, Peter B.
Fuller form of name (Peter Buell),
Dates associated with a name 1773-1844
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Randolph, John,
Dates associated with a name 1773-1833.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rochester, William Beatty,
Dates associated with a name 1789-1838
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rush, Richard,
Dates associated with a name 1780-1859
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sergeant, John,
Dates associated with a name 1779-1852
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Taylor, Zachary,
Dates associated with a name 1784-1850
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Watkins, Elizabeth Hudson Clay,
Dates associated with a name 1750-1829
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Webster, Daniel,
Dates associated with a name 1782-1852
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wickliffe, Robert,
Dates associated with a name 1775-1859
Form subdivision Correspondence.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848)
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Transylvania University.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Great Britain.
Title of a work Treaties, etc.
Miscellaneous information United States,
Date of meeting or treaty signing 1814 Dec. 24.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision War of 1812.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army.
-- Cavalry.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Dept. of State.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Whig Party (U.S.)
611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element Conference Convention
Date of meeting or treaty signing (1861 :
Location of meeting Washington, D.C.)
611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element Congress of Panama (1826)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Banks and banking
Geographic subdivision Kentucky
-- Lexington.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Diplomatic and consular service, American
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Diplomatic and consular service, American
Geographic subdivision Portugal.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Elections
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Indians of North America
Geographic subdivision Texas.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mexicans
Geographic subdivision Texas.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Nullification (States' rights)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Practice of law
Geographic subdivision Kentucky
-- Lexington
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Presidents
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Election
Chronological subdivision 1824.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Presidents
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Election
Chronological subdivision 1832.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Presidents
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Election
Chronological subdivision 1844.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Presidents
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Election
Chronological subdivision 1856.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Public lands
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Slavery
Geographic subdivision Washington (D.C.)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Tariff
Geographic subdivision United States.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Arctic regions
General subdivision Discovery and exploration.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Fort Clark (Tex.)
General subdivision History.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Kentucky
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision Civil War, 1861-1865.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Kentucky
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1792-1865.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Latin America
General subdivision Foreign relations
Geographic subdivision United States.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name New York (State)
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 1775-1865.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Texas
General subdivision Annexation to the United States.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Foreign relations
Geographic subdivision Latin America.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision Civil War, 1861-1865.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision War of 1812.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Politics and government
Chronological subdivision 19th century.
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Representatives, U.S. Congress
Geographic subdivision Kentucky.
Source of term itoamc
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Senators, U.S. Congress
Geographic subdivision Kentucky.
Source of term itoamc
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Statesmen.
Source of term itoamc
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clay, James B.
Fuller form of name (James Brown),
Dates associated with a name 1817-1864.
Title of a work James B. Clay papers.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Morrison, James,
Dates associated with a name 1755-1823.
Title of a work James Morrison papers.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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