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Clay, Henry 1777-1852
Statesman; born in Hanover county, Va., April 12, 1777; received the rudiments of education in a log-cabin school-house; labored on a farm until he was fifteen years of age, when he entered the office of the High Court of Chancery, in Richmond, at which time his mother, who had married a second time, emigrated to Kentucky.
He studied law under the direction of Chancellor Wythe, and was admitted to the bar in 1797, when he opened a law-office in Lexington, Ky., where he obtained an extensive practice.
In 1803 he was elected to the Kentucky legislature, and was speaker in 1807-8.
He became United States Senator in 1808, and member of Congress and Speaker in 1811-14.
In 1814 he was a
Henry Clay at 40. commissioner to treat for peace with Great Britain, and afterwards, in Congress, was five times elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Mr. Clay was Secretary of State in the cabinet of John Quincy Adams (1825-29), and again a member of the United
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence . (search)
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Jefferson, Thomas 1743-
Third President of the United States; born in Shadwell, Va., April 2, 1743; was educated at the College of William and Mary; studied law under George Wythe; and was admitted to the bar in 1767.
From 1769 to 1775 he was an active member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
In that body he introduced a bill empowering masters to manumit their slaves.
On Jan. 1, 1771,
Statue of Thomas Jefferson. he married Martha Skelton, a rich and beautiful young widow of twenty-three.
He was a member of the committee of correspondence of Virginia, which he assisted in forming, and was engaged in active public life until his retirement from the Presidency of the United States.
In 1774 he wrote his famous Summary view of the rights of British America, which, it is believed, procured for him a place in the list of American traitors denounced by the British Parliament.
He had taken an active part against the Boston port bill.
Mr. Jefferson took his seat in the Continen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pendleton , Edmund 1721 -1803 (search)
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Wythe, George 1726-1806
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Elizabeth City county, Va., in 1726; was educated at the College of William and Mary, after receiving home instruction.
Losing his parents in his youth, and having control of a large fortune, he led a dissipated and extravagant life until he was thirty years of age, when his conduct entirely changed.
He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1757, when he soon became very eminent in his profession for learning, industry, and eloquence.
For many years he was a prominent member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.
In 1764, as chairman of the committee appointed by the House of Burgesses, he reported a petition to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a protest to the House of Commons, against the proposed Stamp Act, which were so bold in their tone that the House feared they were treasonable and refused to accept them until they were materially modified.
He was Professor of Law from 177
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)