CLAY HENRY Brief Autograph Letter Signed H Clay to John Quin

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TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CLAY, HENRY. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, "H. Clay," to John Quincy Adams, sending an enclosure [not present] for Albert Gallatin to be included in the State Department dispatches. Docketed by Adams in a shaky hand on verso. 1/2 page, 8 1/4x7 3/4 inches; bottom margin trimmed (not affecting text); small hole from opening. Lexington, 29 October 1819

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"Will you be so obliging as to allow the enclosed letter, from a poor but worthy French neighbor of mine, who is exceedingly anxious for its safe delivery, to be transmitted to the care of Mr. Gallatin, with the first dispatches?"