BookThe papers of Henry Clay
Personal name
Main title
- The papers of Henry Clay [microform].
Published/Created
- [Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1957]
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Description
- 24 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Collection guide to the microfilm edition available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
LC classification
- E340.C6
Local shelving no.
- Microfilm 13,789, etc.
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Notes
- Chiefly correspondence, together with drafts of Clay's dispatches and instructions as U.S. secretary of state. Topics relate primarily to politics and to most phases of Clay's public career, including his years in Congress, service as commissioner at Ghent, the elections of 1824, 1832, and 1844, tariffs, the Bank of the United States, the Panama Congress, slavery, nullification, public lands, Whig politics, and other issues of national political interest.
- Reels 1-8 reproduce original material found in containers 1-34 of the Henry Clay papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division; reels 10-19 reproduce documents presumably in containers 41-49 of the Henry Clay papers; reels 20-23 reproduce Clay documents found in various other collections of the Library of Congress. An additional reel was added in 1971 which reproduces the card index to the correspondence contained in the Henry Clay papers.
- A supplemental reel of documents filmed by National Archives and Records Service constitutes reel 23 of the microfilm edition, reproducing materials omitted in the earlier filming, and is available under shelf no.: Microfilm 17,343.1 <MssRR>.
- Microfilm of the card index filmed in 1971 by Library of Congress Photoduplication Service constitutes reel 24 of the microfilm edition and is available under shelf no.: Microfilm 13,789.1 <MssRR>.
- Negative microfilm retained in LC Photoduplication Service under shelf nos.: 13,707 (22 reels); 13,789.1 (1 reel); and 17,343.1 (1 reel).
LCCN
- 97185283
Other standard no.
- MSS16105
Dewey class no.
- 973.6/3/092
Geographic area code
- n-us---
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Book
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 13,789-22P
- Copy 1
- reels 1-22
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 17,343-1P
- Copy 1
- reel 23
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 13,789.1-1P
- Clay index
- Copy 1
- reel 24 (index)
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
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- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 17,343
- Master negative
- Set 1
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- ~To buy a copy call Photoduplication Service 202-707-5640
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Microfilm 13,707
- Master negative
- Set 1
- Master negatives do not circulate.
Request in
- ~To buy a copy call Photoduplication Service 202-707-5640
Status
- Not Charged
