Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-23-1861
Abstract
Apr. 23, 1861 - W.R. Henley, [Washington], to Hon. C.M. Clay, dated Apr. 23, 1861. ALS, 2 pp. (I folio pc.)
Henley notifies Clay that the writer was traveling to Alexandria and possibly to Richmond where he would appeal for peace in the name of the Union. Writes that the coming war would shock humanity, and negotiation needed to begin since war could not last.
Recommended Citation
Preferred Citation: “W.R. Henley to Hon. C.M. Clay”, 1861, Cassius Marcellus Clay Papers. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.
