Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 to Stephen Van Rensselaer

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GLC#
GLC04623.01
Type
Letters
Date
1831/06/04
Author/Creator
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Title
to Stephen Van Rensselaer
Place Written
Ashland, Kentucky
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Writes, "It was a weak measure to discharge the old cabinet, distrusted and incompetent as it was. And not much will be gained by the new one." Asks Van Rensselaer how things go in New York, and want to know, will those "opposed to this administration unite in pulling it down?" Jackson's first cabinet was broken up due to the Petticoat Affair, a sex scandal involving members of the cabinet. Clay was Jackson's chief political rival

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