Henry Clay
American
Henry Clay Sr (12 April 1777 - 29 June 1852) was an American lawyer, US Senator, US Secretary of State and US Representative from Kentucky. - AsNotedIn
Henry Clay Sr (12 April 1777 - 29 June 1852) was an American lawyer, US Senator, US Secretary of State and US Representative from Kentucky. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Significant name | Clay, Henry, Law Office | Lexington, KY | |||||
| Significant name | Clark County Courthouse | Winchester | |||||
| Architect | Clay, Henry, Law Office | Lexington, KY | |||||
| Spent the night | Colby Tavern | Winchester | |||||
| 1799/00/00 | Colonel William H S Field is found guilty of murdering his wife, Sally Field, despite a defense provided by Henry Clay whose mother's farm adjoined Field's. Shortly after his execution, a female slave confessed to the crime. | Defence Attorney | Death of Colonel William H S Field | ||||
| 1804/00/00 | Henry Clay begins buying land for his estate | Owner | Ashland | Lexington, KY | |||
| 1825/04/25 | Henry Clay ask a friend if he would ascertain from Mr Caldwell (who I understand is a gentleman of the profession) what is the lowest rent what he would be willing to receive for the house for a term of three or four years. | Life | Arts Club of Washington | Washington, DC | |||
| 1834/00/00 | Old Morrison is built in 1834. In his will, Col James Morrison bequeaths $40,000-$50,000 to the University to build a new building with Henry Clay as the executor of his will. | Work | Old Morrison, Transylvania College | Lexington, KY | |||
| 1838/00/00 | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky teaches Capt Frederick Marryat the proper way to mix a Mint Julep, at the old Willard Hotel, Washington DC. | Life | Willard Hotel | Washington, DC | Mint Julep | ||
| 1844/05/01 | Samuel F B Morse demonstrates his telegraph by he sending the news that the Whig Party has nominated Henry Clay for US President from the party's convention in Baltimore to the Capitol Building. | Whig Nominee | Invention of the Telegraph | ||||
| 1847/03/17 | Rev James Craik, DD delivers the dedicatory address at the cornerstone laying ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral, present church. | Pew-holder and Contributor | Christ Church Cathedral | Louisville, KY | |||
| 1847/06/22 | In Ashland's parlor, Edward Berkley baptizes Henry Clay, his daughter-in-law, Mrs Thomas H Clay and four of her children in the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr Clay did not want to take the vows of a follower of Christ until after retiring from politics. | Faith | Ashland | Lexington, KY | |||
| 1848/02/21 | In tears, Henry Clay holds John Quincy Adams' hand as Adams passes from this life in the Speaker's Office (Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room). | Mourner | The National Statuary Hall | United States Capitol | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Henry Clay often visits Calvert at Riversdale, staying in the northeast bedroom. Tradition maintains that he wrote a draft for the Compromise of 1850 while in that room. | Guest | Riversdale | Riverdale Park, MD | Compromise of 1850 |
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