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An autograph letter signed by Henry Clay, to Thomas B. Stevenson, Esq., from Washington, D.C., dated 25th April 1850. One page, one side. The text reads: "My dear Sir I received your favor of the 14th inst. In respect to your desire to engage some of the letter writers to write occasionally for your paper, I regret that my acquaintances with that class of person is very limited. Mr. J. E. Harvey and Mr. Francis J. Grand stay at the same hotel that I do. The former you know as "Independent" of the N. American, and I presume the latter too by reputation. He is admitted to be one of the best letter writers; and he (Mr. Grand) has just now taken a wonderful liking to me. He offered to write for you for nothing, but I told him that would not do, and that you and he must adjust the terms etc. etc. And there I leave it. The rumors so rife of Cabinet changes a week or two ago have ceased, and at present there is no talk of any. It is said that the President told the Cabinet that he liked them very much, and they told him that they liked him very much, and so they agreed that they would not dispose that union. Most people believe however that ere long a change will be made. In the meantime there is very little concert + cooperation between the Capital + the White House." Very good-. Paper age-toned with two horizontal folds and two vertical folds, upper third separated, lower fold partially separated. Dimensions: w 7.75 in x h 9.75 in. Accompanying this letter is the November 16, 1844 issue of the New York “Christian Intelligencer” announcing Polk’s defeat of Clay in the 1844 Presidential elections. The paragraph devoted to the election appears on page 3 of the issue. THE CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER (VOL. XIV. – NO. 18. – Whole No. 746); An Association of Members of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church [Editors]; Christian Intelligencer : New York, 1844. Newspaper, 4 pages. In very good condition.