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July 22.-Gen. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Minister to Russia under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, noted abolitionist and author, died at his home, "White Hall," in Madison County, at 9:10 o'clock to ...
Hankla and McGee finished their scene in which Cassius Clay, writing his memoirs at the desk in White Hall's library, recalls a letter he received from his famous cousin. Then Kelly O'Connell ...
White Hall, which can be found in Richmond, Kentucky. Also, his name has been passed down for generations. One of his former slaves, Herman Heaton Clay, named his son Cassius Clay in honor of the ...
MATTOON -- Guest speaker Robert Sterling discussed 19th century soldier and abolitionist Cassius Clay's connections ... known as "the Lion of White Hall." Clay, who was the son of a Revolutionary ...
Green Clay and the former Sally Lewis, Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on Oct. 19, 1810, at White Hall, his family’s mansion near Richmond, Ky. His father (1757-1828) had been a hero of the ...
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University administrator and faculty member reckons with the contradictions of America’s antislavery movement in a forthcoming biography of U.S. Civil War figure ...
Another criticism of Clay (who resided at White Hall in Madison County) from the 6- 24-1845 issue, argued that Cassius Clay misinterpreted a provision from the 3rd section of 4th article of the U.
Clay wasted no time rubbing his win into the ... According to biographer David Smiley in his book The Lion of White Hall, Cash was braggadocious and continuously talked about his military exploits ...
One thing about Cassius Clay. He is a man of his word. “I’m gonna shake up this town,” said the world’s heavy weight champion last week — and he did. The town was New York. Announcing ...
Laura Clay, one of Cassius Clay’s daughters, was born in 1849 at White Hall, near Richmond. She was raised largely by her mother while her father pursued political ambitions as an abolitionist.