Mr. Clay was not in the habit of keeping copies of his own letters. It may easily be imagined, therefore, that the time and trouble required to collect original and properly authenticated copies, so as to compose and epistolary history of his life, have not been inconsiderable. As the letters are generally presented in chronological order, with constantly recurring chasms of other parts of the correspondence, and without any regard to their relations to each other, it is for the reader to connect them with history, as it may be found in the first two volumes of this work, and in other public records. Indeed many factors of history will be found in this volume which can be found nowhere else; and some of them very interesting and important. Besides the new facts of history disclosed, much of this correspondence, very little of which was ever before published, will probably be felt and acknowledged as affording new and interesting light on a great deal of history before known. Keywords: The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, Henry Clay, Letters, Mr.Clay, Chronological, History, Published,

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