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The Papers of HENRY CLAY §he Papers of HENRY CLAY .James F. Hopkins and Mary W. M. Hargreaves, Editors Wayne Cutler and Burton Milward, Assistant Editors VoLUME 5 SECRETARY OF STATE 1826 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Copyright © 1973 by The University Press of Kentucky Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 59-13605 "My ambition is that we may enter a new and larger era of service to humanity." Dedicated to the memory of JOSIAH KIRBY LILLY 1861-1948 President of Eli Lilly and Company Founder of Lilly Endowment, Inc. Whose wisdom and foresight were devoted to the service of education, religion, and public weHare This page intentionally left blank SYMBOLS The following symbols are used to describe the nature of the originals of documents copied from manuscript sources. 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CHi California Historical Society, San Francisco, California Vlll SECRETARY OF STATE CSmH Henry E. Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California Ct!-Ii Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut DLC United States Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. DLC-HC Library of Congress, Henry Clay Collection DLC-TJC Library of Congress, Thomas J. Clay Collection D?\A United States National Archives Library, Washington, D.C. Following the symbol for this depository, the letters A. and R. mean Applications and Recommen dations; M, Microcopy; P. and D. of L., Publication and Distribution of the Laws; R, Reel; and RG, Record Group. I CHi Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois ICU University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois InU Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana KyLxT Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky KyU University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky MH Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts MHi Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts MiD-B Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection, Detroit, Michigan l\foSHi Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri Ms-Ar State Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi :;\1\VA American Antiquarian Society, Worchester, Massachusetts NBuHi Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, New York 0/Hi New York Historical Society, New York City 0/IC Cornell University, Ithaca, New York NN New York Public Library, New York City NNPM Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City NeD Duke University, Durham, North Carolina NhD Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire NjHi New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey .'\JjP Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey OHi Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio PHi Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PPL-R Library Company of Philadelphia, Ridgeway Branch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania RPB Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island THi Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee Vi Hi Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia :lhe Papers of HENRY CLAY INSTRUCTIONS AND DISPATCHES January 1, 1826 From A[LEXANDER] H. EvERETT, Madrid, no. 18. Transmits a translation of a decree for establishing a Council of State; notes "some things ... in the decree and in the composition of the Council which may be construed into indications that the measure has been taken with a view to a more careful consideration of the great question of America"; warns, however, that there is no other evidence of change of policy toward the former Spanish colonies; states that the British Minister (Frederick James Lamb) has not attempted to exert influence in favor of the colonies; reports having read to the Duke del Infantado a letter from New York on the probability of an attack on Cuba by .Mexico and Colombia and having been asked by the Duke, "as he has done before, what security there would be for the possession of Cuba in the event of recognizing the colonies"; remarks on the "exceedingly depressed" state of "The money market . in France and England"; and encloses copies of notes addressed by him "to the Ministry" since his last dispatch. LS (with postscript in Everett's hand) . DNA, RG59, Dip. Disp., Spain, vol. 25 (M31, R27). Received March 6. Endorsed by Clay: "To be submitted to the President." Published in American State Papers, Foreign Relations, V, 880-81. To [Elijah H.] l\1ills 2d. Jan. 1826 Mr. Clays Compliments to Mr Mills and he asks the favor of him to meet a few select friends at Mr. Cs. at dinner on thursday next1 at 5 0 Clock- AN. ICHi. Addressed: "The Honble Mr. Mills Of the Senate." 1 January 5. DIPLOMATIC NOTES January 2, 1826 From P[ETER] PEDERSEN, Philadelphia. Expresses satisfaction that the President, in his message to Congress, recommended "the extension of that principle of rec iprocity which" Pedersen has proposed as the third article of his "project." Hopes the United States will now "accede to that proposal, by which the prin cipal obstacle, on the part of Denmark to a Convention between her and the United States would be overcome." Pedersen has no instructions respecting other points stated in Clay's letter of November 7 and hopes they may be postponed for future negotiation. States that Clay's reply to this letter will determine whether the negotiation shall be resumed now or postponed until Pedersen's instructions arrive. ALS, in French. DNA, RG59, Notes from Danish Legation, vol. I (M53, Rl). On the President's recommendation for liberalizing foreign trade restrictions, see above, Clay to Lederer, December 20, 1825, note. 2 SECRETARY OF STATE From HILARIO DE RIVAS Y SALMON, Philadelphia. States that he has sent to his goyermnent a copy of Clay's note of December 15; expresses gratification in regard to the prompt attention to his notes of September 22 and November 29. ALS, in Spanish, with translation in State Department file. DNA, RG59, Notes from Spanish Legation, vol. 8 (M59, Rll) . INSTRUCTIONS AND DISPATCHES January 2, 1826 From HENRY J\IIDDLETON, St. Petersburg, no. 54. Refers to his dispatch of De cember 14(26, 1825, describes the mutiny of soldiers in St. Petersburg, and encloses documents relating to this event. ALS. DNA, RG59, Dip. Disp., Russia, vol. 10 (J\135, RIO). Dated December 21, 1825/January 2, 1826. Received April 9. The enclosures, as distributed to the diplomatic corps on December 16 (i.e., December 28) , provide an official description of the insurrection. iVIlSCFLLANEOUS LETTERS January 2, 1826 To DAviD :\I [i.e., B]. OGDEN, New York. States, in reply to Ogden's letter of De cember 29 (not found), that the case of the Calypso "has already formed the subject of correspondence" with the French :\1linister (the Baron de :\Iareuil), "with the result of which your Constituents will no doubt be made ac quainted by that Minister in due season." Copy. DNA, RG59, Dom. Letters, vol. 21, p. 235 (M40, Rl9). Cf. above, l\Iareuil to Clay, May 6, 1825; Clay to 1\Iareuil, May 13, November 9, 1825. Ogden was serving as agent for LeRoy, Bayard, and Company, who held power of attorney to act for the French owners of the Calypso. From C[HARLES] S[rEWART] DAVEIS, Portland (Maine). Requests that an en closure be forwarded to (Alexander H.) Everett, from whom he has received a letter through the same medium, and enquires whether he may continue to send letters to Everett through the State DepartmenL ALS. DNA, RG59, Misc. Letters (l\1179, R64). Daveis was an eminent lawyer, notable in chancery prac tice. In an undated letter, recorded between others of January 9, Daniel Brent, at Clay's direction, replied that Daveis' letter had been forwarded alHl that the Department would "take pleasure in charging itself with the transmission of any future ones of moderate size" which he might "have occasion to send to the same Gentleman." Copy. DNA, RC59, Dom. Letters, vol. 21, pp. 241-42 (M40, Rl9). Cf. above, Clay to Woodward, December 12, 1825. From R[oBERT] R. HENRY, New York. States that he wrote Clay December 12, 1825 (letter not found), enclosing documents relative to fraud at St. Mary's, but has had no acknowledgment of the receipt of his letter; adds that "President Adams friends" expect removal of (Archibald) Clark; requests an official notice informing him whether or not "the Package" reached the State Department. ALS. DNA, RG59, l\Iisc. Letters (Ml79, R64). Cf. above, III, 571; Henry to Clay, April 6, 1825. APPLICATIONS) RECOMMENDATIONS January 2, 1826 JOHN O'FALLON, St. Louis, recommends for appointment to the "office of Register at Franklin Missouri," Hampton L. Boon, formerly of Kentucky, now living near Fra11klin. ALS. DNA, RG59, A. and R. (MRI). Boon, a Methodist minister and jANUARY 3, 1826 3 a merchant, had settled in Howard County, Missouri, in 1820. He received no appointment from the Adams administration but was named to the office above requested in January, 1830, and retained it until 1842, when he moved to Jefferson City to become clerk of the State supreme court. DIPLOMATIC NOTES January 3, 1826 To the BARON DE MAREUIL. Acknowledges receipt of a note from Mareuil on the preceding day; states that the President would have been happy to receive the French Legation with the other callers at that time, New Year's Day having fallen on Sunday; expresses regret "if any cause existed, which ..