C. M. Clay Scrapbook No. 4, 1864-1884

The earliest news clipping in this volume is actually from 1862 and is entitled "The War in Kentucky." It is a letter from Grindstone relating news that Union regiments are heading for Richmond (KY) and that efforts to build a road to the Cumberland Gap are underway. There is also an 1863 speech by C.M. Clay before the Law Department of the University of Albany, NY. The other clippings do not have a coherent subject matter but range from Liberal Republicans to Russia and about Clay himself. In addition to the news clippings, there is also a two page handbill entitled Call for a State Convention to the Republicans of Kentucky, 1872; a manuscript copy of a letter from Clay, while in St. Petersburg, Russia, to George D. Prentice, Louisville, KY, defending President Johnson's decision to veto the Freedman's Bureau Bill, 13 Mar 1866; an appointment schedule and transmittal letter from the Ohio Republican State Executive Committee for a series of meetings with County Committeemen, 18 Aug 1884. These clippings have been pasted over the pages of Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William Pitt Fessenden.