Henry Clay 1832 Autograph Letter Signed -

Henry Clay 1832 Autograph Letter Signed - "My Speech on the Bank Veto" For Sale

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Henry Clay 1832 Autograph Letter Signed - "My Speech on the Bank Veto":
$650.00

Clay forwards "the MS of my speech on the Bank Veto"

Autograph letter signed “H. Clay”, one page, 7.5 x 8, July 25, 1832, sent from “Chantillon between Fredericksburg and Orange C[our]t House”. Letter to P. R. Fendall, in part:

The mail that has the charge of this letter ought to carry from Fredericksburg the MS of my speech on the Bank Veto, addressed to Mess. Gales and Seaton. I will thank you to call and see if they receive it safely. It was written in part on board the Steamboat after I parted from you, and that part is scarcely legible, from the moisture of the Boat.

In fine condition.

President Jackson had controversially vetoed the bill re-chartering the Second Bank of the United States in July 1832, which had been championed through Congress by Clay, who sought to provoke a veto in hopes of damaging Jackson prior to his reelection campaign. Although Jackson indeed vetoed the bill, Clay's ploy failed and Jackson won the election in November—and ultimately went on to dismantle the Bank of the United States.

An interesting letter concerning a major moment in Clay's political career.

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