Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 To Henry M. Brackenridge, Tarentum near Pittsburg, Penn. Ashland [Ky.], 12 Nov. 1843. ALS, 14pp.
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Mss. C C
Content
In discussing the Compromise of 1833 Clay states the " ill" worked by the Compromise after 1840 was the "fault of the Van Buren Congress in failing to provide an adequate current revenue, and... to provide for the Tariff."