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Creator/Title

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 To J. Morrison Harris, Baltimore. "Ashland," 18 Aug. 1848. ALS, 1 p.

Call No.

Mss. C C

Content

Clay discusses the outcome of the Whig Convention at Philadelphia; notes that he wished the results were different; that he will take no partisan part in "the nomination of the merest military person presented as a Candidate for the Presidency;" and that he can't vote for Cass or Van Buren.

Subject Heading

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862