Interim Content
Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky
Summary
Kentucky estate of Henry Clay. Clay purchased 125 acres near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, Sept. 1804, and there built mansion constructed largely of sand brick. Clay resided at Ashland, likely by 1808. Size of estate eventually grew to approximately 660 acres. Estate used for farming and livestock breeding. After Clay’s death, estate was sold at auction and purchased by son James Clay for $140 per acre, Sept. 1853.
Links
papers
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Letter from Henry Clay, 15 November 1843
- Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844
- Letter to Henry Clay, 13 May 1844, Partial Draft
- Letter to Henry Clay, 4 November 1843
- Letter to Presidential Candidates, 4 November 1843, Draft
- County
- Fayette County
- State/Province
- Kentucky
- Country:
- United States of America