Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Henry Clay family papers, 1732-1927 |
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Span Dates | 1732-1927 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1814-1852) |
ID No. | MSS16105 |
Creator | Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 |
Extent | 18,850 items ; 75 containers ; 30 linear feet ; 24 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Personal, official, and family correspondence, speeches, writings, business records, legal files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers chiefly documenting the public career and private life of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852), United States secretary of state and representative and senator from Kentucky; his son, James B. Clay (1817-1864), diplomat, United States representative from Kentucky, and Confederate sympathizer; and other members of Henry Clay's family. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000010 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016105 |