CLAY HENRY Autograph Letter Signed

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WRITTEN DURING THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN CLAY, HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed, to Tennessee Governor James C. Jones, thanking him for his account of the Democratic Convention in Nebraska and denying any association with Cassius M. Clay's remarks concerning the abolition of slavery. With a contemporary endorsement at the bottom of the letter, forwarding it to Jones. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; minor separations at folds. Ashland, 3 September 1844

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In 1844, Cassius M. Clay, Henry Clay's cousin, issued a series of letters in newspapers (and published in pamphlet form) against slavery but advocating Henry Clay for President over the Liberty Party candidate. In this letter, Clay writes to the Governor of Tennessee, that it has "occassioned me great dissatisfaction. I have deemed it proper to address a note to the Ed. of the Reporter which will appear tomorrow, disavowing all participation in his views and disconnecting myself from him. I regretted the appearance of that indiscreet letter, from its mischievous tendency, as well as from the exceptionable language which it employs."