Hugh Lawson Clay letter
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Scope and Contents
The collection contains a letter written by Clay from Richmond, Virginia, to an unidentified person in response to a request for help in locating Mr. Mayhew, a mutual friend. Clay indicates that he doesn't know where Mayhew's whereaboouts, he did say he had passed the inquiry on others.
Dates
- Creation: 1864
Creator
- Clay, Hugh Lawson (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
Hugh Lawson Clay, third son of Clement Comer and Susanna Claiborne Withers, was born on 16 January 1822. He attended the University of Virginia, and was a lawyer in Huntsville, Alabama. He served as a captain during the Mexican-American War and then as adjutant general on the staff of General E. Kirby Smith, C.S.A., during the Civil War.
On 13 May 1855, he married Harriet Celestia "Celeste" Comer, daughter of Major Anderson and Mary Louise Sanders Comer of Macon, Georgia. They had at least one son, Comer. Hugh Lawson Clay died on 28 December 1890 in Huntsville, Alabama.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letter written by Clay from Richmond, Virginia, to an unidentified person in response to a request for help in locating Mr. Mayhew, a mutual friend.
Provenance
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1992
General
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Processed by
Paul Musselman and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2006; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Title
- Guide to the Hugh Lawson Clay letter
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2008
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository