Lot 343
A Group of Seven Autograph Letters Signed by Henry Clay, 1820-1848, full text is available, the documents as follows: • letter signed to his sister-in-law, dated from Washington, 4 March, 1820 • letter signed to Martin Duralde, Esq., dated from Washington Aug., 1827, declaring "that Genl. Jackson has at last taken the field against me...I anticipate an easy victory" • two letters of introduction for William C.C. Claiborne, Esq., of N. Orleans, dated from Ashland 22nd Sept., 1845 • letter to William C.C. Claiborne, Esq., dated "On Board the Bunker Hill, Mississippi River, 4th Dec.," informing Claiborne that he has his horse on board and will deliver it to N. Orleans • letter to William C.C. Claiborne, Esq., dated from Ashland 7th Aug. 1846, talking about politics, gardening and an unbroken horse • letter to William C.C. Claiborne, Esq., dated from Ashland 29th Sept. 1848, talking about the "melancholy event of the death of Mr. Duralde"
- Notes: Note: Henry Clay, the celebrated Kentucky statesman, was a contemporary of W. C. C. Claiborne's. In fact the two families were intimately connected. Claiborne was married to Clarisse Duralde, daughter of Martin Duralde, and Clay's brother John was married to her sister, Julie. Additionally, Clarisse and Julie's younger brother, Martin Duralde, Jr. eventually married Henry Clay's daughter, Susan Hart Clay. These three families were powerful in the New Orleans community and the United States. Clay, in particular, is noted for his political career, serving as a United State Senator, Representative, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of State. He tried and failed to reach the White House in four elections. William Charles Cole Claiborne, Jr., was son of the famed Governor of Louisiana. Following in his father's footsteps, he too entered politics in Louisiana. He served as Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1837-38 and as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Louisiana from 1842-43
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