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- GLC#
- GLC02494.02
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 April 1847
- Author/Creator
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Title
- to Adam Beatty
- Place Written
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Discusses President Polk's demand of all land above 26 degrees latitude, from the gulf to the Pacific Ocean. Writes that if a military candidate is necessary, he supports General Zachary Taylor for president. Beatty, of Mason County, Kentucky, had a long career as an attorney and judge. Written by Henry Clay from his estate, Ashland, in Lexington, Kentucky.
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