. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . FHOM THE DAGUERREOTYPE OWNED BY ALFRED HASSACK. HENRY CLAY IN he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. IN THE BLUE-GRASS COUNTRY. A MIRROR FROM in possession of John M. Clay, Esq. him, and in which he delighted — the tall pines transplanted by him from theKentucky mountains ; the winding path that was his favorite \valk, tree-shaded and shrub-bordered, just as arranged by him ; the wide stretches otpasture land beyond the •*• •* ~^g T\ ~ VI f V-A-T
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . FHOM THE DAGUERREOTYPE OWNED BY ALFRED HASSACK. HENRY CLAY IN he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. IN THE BLUE-GRASS COUNTRY. A MIRROR FROM in possession of John M. Clay, Esq. him, and in which he delighted — the tall pines transplanted by him from theKentucky mountains ; the winding path that was his favorite \valk, tree-shaded and shrub-bordered, just as arranged by him ; the wide stretches otpasture land beyond the •*• •* ~^g T\ ~ VI f V-A-T house, which, as in the ®l !; founders day, give the finest grazing-ground in the world to a blooded stock that has become famous in horse-history. j Boys and girls alikewere simply crazy, astheir extravagant lan-guage declared, over the beautiful Kentucky horses, which had been anincreasing feature in the landscape ever since their descent from the eastKentucky highlands. But the Lexington horses, so Jack affirmed, justwalk away with them all. Beyond the town, through a frame of leafy walnut branches, Uncle Tom,as he stood with his young people on the violet-studded Ashland lawn,pointed out to them, two miles away, the tall column of the Cl
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