Lot 3027
"H. Clay", free frank as Senator, on 1837 folded cover to Washington, D.C. with "Lexington Ky. Apr 10" c.d.s. and manuscript "f" free rating, docketed "acknowledges the rect. of hemp seed"; file fold, clean and Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
Henry Clay was author of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and limited slavery in new western states to south of Missouri's southern border.
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| Realized $270 |
