Hugh Lawson Clay letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0311

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

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

Additional Description

Overview

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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