Chapter I: Front Matter

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Illustration: HENRY CLAY

A
BIOGRAPHY
OF
HENRY CLAY,

THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.

COMPILED AND EDITED

BY

DANIEL MALLORY.

CONTAINING ALSO,

A COMPLETE REPORT OF ALL HIS SPEECHES;
SELECTIONS FROM HIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE;
EULOGIES IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE;
AND A POEM, BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE, ESQ.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

_Copyright Secured._

A. S. BARNES & COMPANY,

NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.