Clay, Green

Scope and Contents The Green Clay collection is an artificial collection that consists of four documents; photocopies of originals are found in this collection, along with transcriptions of each. Three of the four documents are correspondence to or from Green Clay. Two letters are correspondence with Thomas Jefferson regarding a questionable treaty with the Cherokee Indians. The other letter is from J. Bledsoe to Green Clay. The fourth document is General Green Clay's General Order book during the War of...

Scope and Contents This collection holds a wide range of history relating to the Clay family and White Hall. Both original letters and copies of Clay family correspondence can be found here. The bulk of the correspondence is from Cassius M. Clay or written to Mary Jane Clay, but there are also letters from Laura Clay, Brutus J. Clay, and others. Contracts, deeds, and wills of the Clay family can be found as well, most of which are from Green Clay in Madison County. In addition to this, books belonging to...