Senator Henry Clay to Thomas Clay, January 12, 1850

WASHINGTON, January 12, 1850.

MY DEAR THOMAS,—I received a letter from you, inclosing a copy of a letter from General Taylor to me, dated at Monterey, in November, 1847. It was the copy I wanted. I was only mistaken as to its date.

I also received the letter for Henry Clay, jun., and I have forwarded it to him.

We have a Mayday to-day.

SOURCE: Calvin Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, p. 599