Sara Gabbard: Please explain Clay’s early legal representation of Aaron Burr. Did the relationship cause him later regret? John Marszalek: In the early 19th century, Henry Clay and Aaron Burr were both young up-and-comers in American politics. Yet, Clay became...
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An Interview with John Marszalek on Henry Clay, Lincoln’s “Beau Ideal” of a Statesmen
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Jason H. Silverman Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America und Mexico, 71200908501056 The darkening clouds of Civil War were not all the portentous developments that newly elected Abraham Lincoln faced when he arrived in Washington, DC. With the United States seemingly weakened...