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Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is an artificial collection brought together from several different sources. The bulk of the material is in scrapbook form. These were put together by C.M. Clay and cover many different subjects. They consist mostly of news clippings about C.M. Clay or articles and editorial comments about political issues that were relevant at the time. Also included is correspondence including letters from his mother and sister as well as other individuals such as J. Reid of the ...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is an artificial collection brought together from several different sources. The bulk of the material is in scrapbook form. These were put together by C.M. Clay and cover many different subjects. They consist mostly of news clippings about C.M. Clay or articles and editorial comments about political issues that were relevant at the time. Also included is correspondence including letters from his mother and sister as well as other individuals such as J. Reid of the ...

Scope and Contents This volume contains a variety of news clipping that are primarily associated with politics, and the campaign of 1880 specifically, plus a series of four articles from Dec 1880 that are entitled Railroads; Common Sense and are signed CATO, White Hall, KY. The other clippings range in dates from 1848-1884. There is a printed copy of the Address of the Cuban Charitable Aid Society, 28 Jan 1870 and a handbill "To The Public" that is signed Capt. Split Log and deals with some violent street...

Scope and Contents 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...

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This book is largely comprised of news clippings from the Erie Daily Times of a series of articles written by John C. Perkins and entitled "What Shall Be Done with the Railroads of America?," Mar 12 - Jul 29, 1889. There are also a number of clippings relating to the poor, farmers and the working class in general, 1889-1891 and about the railroads, 1891-1893. It contains a number of handwritten notations and comments.