Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, Partial Draft

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Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, Partial Draft
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Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, to
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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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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, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, 13 May 1844. Version drafted ca. 13 May 1844; handwriting of
William W. Phelps
17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...
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; one page, JS Office Papers, CHL.

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I mourn for the depravity of the world; I hate the imbecility of American statemen; I despise the hypocri[sy]
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of christendom; I detest the shrinkage of candidates <for office> from pledges and responsibility; and I pray God, his infinite mercy, to stir up all the virtue tha[t]
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yet remains on earth [p. [1]]
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