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Clay, Henry (1777-1852) to George Thompson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00144 Author/Creator: Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Place Written: Lexington, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 July 1828 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Based on news from Kentucky, Clay predicts to Colonel Thompson that John Quincy Adams will beat Andrew Jackson for Presidency. Four years earlier, Clay, as a Kentucky Senator, had helped Adams defeat Jackson when the Presidential election came before Congress. Clay and Jackson would dislike each other from then on. In this election though, Jackson emerged victorious, even in Clay's state of Kentucky.

Henry Clay was Adams' Secretary of State at the time.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Thompson, George, fl. 1828
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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