Show 1 henry clays sword tho the diplomatic word sword brorn by henry clay nt at the signing of the treaty of ghent was as presented to miss anna gratz clay the commo commoners coni nees graat granddaughter of this city the sword was presented by henry clay to gen bottley Do illey a faino famo is general in the war of 1812 who bad had always been his friend and hy he in turn allied it to his eon son charles hodley and thus it 11 came into the u ion ton of 0 mr charles daughter mrs florence davenport of st SL paul mrs Daven davenport nv enort vort came to lexington for or a to hor her uncle col Willia william nj picket pickett she brought tho the sword with her intending to present it to tho the kentucky historical society after meeting clay and finding that the be was henry clays great grand laughter and alpo a descendant of the aratz j family who ha bad had always been great grent friends of the di bt cleys sirs mrs day lav ennert prefer d to present the uie sword to her knowing how great a value ehe she would place on euch such a gift the sword ie is a graceful short sword the alim worn wom on an all diplomatic lexington correspondence boula ville courier journal |