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ark:/16417/th717j7rdvh63William H. Townsend shown holding two knives which are associated with the life of Cassius M. Clay, editor of the "True American," an early antislavery newspaper in Lexington. The knife on the left is the bowie knife General Clay wore on state occasions when he served as Abraham Lincoln's minister to Russia and with which he found several duels. The spring-back dirk in Townsend's left hand is the knife Clay gave his nephew, Colonel William Cassius Goodloe. Goodloe used the knife in his mortal encounter with Colonel A.M. Swope in the lobby of the old Lexington post office, November 9, 1889; both participants in the fight were killed.
Item 1.06-1421.01
William H. Townsend shown holding two knives which are associated with the life of Cassius M. Clay, editor of the "True American," an early antislavery newspaper in Lexington. The knife on the left is the bowie knife General Clay wore on state occasions when he served as Abraham Lincoln's minister to Russia and with which he found several duels. The spring-back dirk in Townsend's left hand is the knife Clay gave his nephew, Colonel William Cassius Goodloe. Goodloe used the knife in his mortal encounter with Colonel A.M. Swope in the lobby of the old Lexington post office, November 9, 1889; both participants in the fight were killed.
ark:/16417/th7k41g17tc1sWilliam H. Townsend shown holding two knives which are associated with the life of Cassius M. Clay, editor of the "True American," an early antislavery newspaper in Lexington. The knife on the left is the bowie knife General Clay wore on state occasions when he served as Abraham Lincoln's minister to Russia and with which he found several duels. The spring-back dirk in Townsend's left hand is the knife Clay gave his nephew, Colonel William Cassius Goodloe. Goodloe used the knife in his mortal encounter with Colonel A.M. Swope in the lobby of the old Lexington post office, November 9, 1889; both participants in the fight were killed.
Item 1.06-1421.02
William H. Townsend shown holding two knives which are associated with the life of Cassius M. Clay, editor of the "True American," an early antislavery newspaper in Lexington. The knife on the left is the bowie knife General Clay wore on state occasions when he served as Abraham Lincoln's minister to Russia and with which he found several duels. The spring-back dirk in Townsend's left hand is the knife Clay gave his nephew, Colonel William Cassius Goodloe. Goodloe used the knife in his mortal encounter with Colonel A.M. Swope in the lobby of the old Lexington post office, November 9, 1889; both participants in the fight were killed.