Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 [Decree]

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GLC#
GLC09331
Type
Documents
Date
2 May 1829
Author/Creator
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Title
[Decree]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Decree issued by the Kentucky Circuit Court at Fayette, awarding payment to Clay, who held the mortgage on a property including slaves, which must be sold to pay him. Clay adds an addendum specifying that a young girl not listed on the mortgage be treated as if she had been: "…it being desirable that the mother should not be separated from the child, we do hereby agree that the said child shall be sold with the mother."

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