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Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate official website

Pictorial history of Ashland by curator Eric Brooks: Images of America, Ashland The Henry Clay Estate

Biography of Clay by David and Jeanne Heidler: Henry Clay, The Essential American

Location of Ashland – Google Maps

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate on Facebook

The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the first Ashland mansion

George Washington’s Mount Vernon

The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch by Lindsey Apple

Remembering Father: James Brown Clay, Merchants, Materials, and a New Ashland

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Historians David & Jeanne Heidler talk to NPR's Steve Inskeep about Henry Clay and slavery: "...we tried to come to understand how someone could spend his entire adult life speaking against slavery and yet continue to own slaves." https://n.pr/2V3lnBp #BlackHistoryMonth #slavery #HenryClay Jeanne Twiggs Heidler David S Heidler https://www.amazon.com/Henry-Clay-Essential-David-Heidler/dp/0812978951 Ashland, The @henryclayestate

Henry Clay enslaved over 60 people. Aaron Dupuy was one of the first, coming to Lexington, KY with the young Clay from Virginia. Aaron was Clay's personal servant & coach driver, staying with Clay until his death (1852, also date of photo). Aaron died in 1866. #BlackHistoryMonth Image: University of Kentucky, Special Collections Ashland, The @henryclayestate

The story of African Americans at Ashland is a deep and complex one. Let's explore aspects from all eras of Ashland's history: from Henry Clay's difficulties with slavery to the servants who lived and worked at the estate to today's celebration of their stories. #BlackHistoryMonth Ashland, The @henryclayestate henryclay.org Image: Louisville Library

Image of #HenryClay as Speaker of the House & earliest known image of the coin-silver inkstand, oldest surviving artifact of the House, made 1810-1820. Before the Speaker calls each session of the House to order, the inkstand is placed on the rostrum. @USHouseHistory #sotu2019

April 12, 1950, Opening Day of Ashland, The @henryclayestate . Two Clay descendants dressed up in historic clothing from Ashland’s collection – something that current museum practice would never consider – and acted as host and hostess for the reception held in the mansion. Mrs. Stuart Platt, a great-great-great granddaughter of Clay, wore a ruby red gown which was mistakenly thought to have belonged to Mrs. Clay, while Goodloe McDowell, a great-great grandson, wore the dashing blue and gold ceremonial jacket donned by Clay when he signed the Treaty of Ghent. The thin and wiry Henry Clay’s jacket proved to be even too narrow for the slight Mr. McDowell; a sleeve seam was torn that day. #HenryClay #Ashland #nationalhistoriclandmark #lexingtonky #sharethelex #kyhistory #American #history #TreatyofGhent henryclay.org

April 12, 1950, Ashland, The @henryclayestate , Lexington, KY. While V.P. Barkley was a draw, his glamorous wife (seen here entering the Ashland mansion), Jane Hadley Barkley, was a sensation: “Mrs. Barkley was on hand for the event, too, to the great delight of some 3,000 Central Kentuckians who didn’t bother to disguise that they had come to see the charming ‘Veepess’ as much as to witness the dedication….[during Mr. Barkley’s speech] the crowd gave its attention largely to her…” (Lexington Leader). #HenryClay #Ashland #JaneHadleyBarkley #nationalhistoriclandmark #lexingtonky #sharethelex #kyhistory #American #history

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