Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons

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Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, as Published in Times and Seasons
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Henry Clay
12 Apr. 1777–29 June 1852. Lawyer, public speaker, professor, statesman, politician. Born in Hanover Co., Virginia. Son of John Clay and Elizabeth Hudson. Episcopalian. Admitted to Virginia bar, Nov. 1797. Moved to Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Nov. 1797...
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Kentucky estate of Henry Clay. Clay purchased 125 acres near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Sept. 1804, and there built mansion constructed largely of sand brick. Clay resided at Ashland, likely by 1808. Size of estate eventually grew to approximately ...
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, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, 13 May 1844. Version published in “Correspondence between Gen Joseph Smith and the Hon. Henery Clay,” Times and Seasons, 1 June 1844, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 544–548. For more complete source information, see the source note for Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 Mar. 1839.

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perfect government in the last days, to purify the hearts of the people and hasten the welcome day.

With the highest consideration,

for virtue and unadulterated freedom,

I have the honor to be, your ob’t s’v’t.

JOSEPH SMITH.

Hon.
H. CLAY
12 Apr. 1777–29 June 1852. Lawyer, public speaker, professor, statesman, politician. Born in Hanover Co., Virginia. Son of John Clay and Elizabeth Hudson. Episcopalian. Admitted to Virginia bar, Nov. 1797. Moved to Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Nov. 1797...
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Ashland
Kentucky estate of Henry Clay. Clay purchased 125 acres near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Sept. 1804, and there built mansion constructed largely of sand brick. Clay resided at Ashland, likely by 1808. Size of estate eventually grew to approximately ...
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