Cassius Marcellus Clay photostat of extracts from personal scrapbook, 1870-1913

Descriptive Summary

Title
Cassius Marcellus Clay photostat of extracts from personal scrapbook, 1870-1913
Creator
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1846-1913.
Extent
1 volume.
Subjects
Goebel, William, 1856-1900.
Breckinridge, W. C. P. (William Campbell Preston) 1837-1904.
Agriculturists
Politicians.
Kentucky--Politics and government.
Scrapbooks
Arrangement
Arrangement roughly chronological.
Finding Aid Author
Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
Agriculturalist, Politician. Cassius M. Clay, Jr, the youngest son of Brutus Clay, was born in 1846. Like his namesake, the younger Cassius attended Yale University, graduating in the class of 1866. He served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly in the 1870's and 1880's. He presided at the convention held in the 1890 and 1891 which drew up a new state constitution.
Scope and Content
Photostat of a personal scrapbook kept by Cassius M. Clay Jr. It includes text of speeches, campaign documents, handbills, and clippings of articles written by C. M. Clay, Jr. from Lexington, Ky. and Washington newspapers (many unidentified).

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