THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY C CLAY. BY CALVIN COLTON, AUTHOR OF THE "JUNIUS TRACTS"-" FOUR YEARS IN GREAT BRITAIN"-" TOUR OF IN TWO VOLUMES, VOL. I. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY A. S. BARNES & CO., 51 JOHN STREET. 1846. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY CALVIN COLTON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York. DEDICATION. TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, To whose service, welfare, and happiness, the subject of this work, HENRY CLAY, has consecrated a long life of toil and self-sacrifice, of which they are competent witnesses, and will be honest judges, this production, conscientiously composed, though not claiming to be free from the imperfections which characterize all human efforts, is most respectfully dedicated by the Author, C. COLTON. NEW YORK, October, 1845. |