2005-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2005
CLAY, Henry (1777 - 1852) American politician, the "Great Pacificator" who supported the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 which sought to avoid a civil war on the issue of states' rights and slavery. Autograph Letter Signed, “H. Clay” 1p. quarto, Philadelphia, November 29, addressed to Henry Thompson, in part: “...I directed a Mr. Harkins, whom I had engaged to proceed to N. York to take charge of a Jack Ass recently imported from Spain, to call on you...If he should call, be pleased to tell him that he will find me in this city, at the U. State Hotel...” Fair.
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