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Henry Clay Monument

Caption: Henry Clay Monument
Additional Description: The "nearby memorial" "Erected in 1820 by Moses Shepherd and his wife Lydia to commemorate the distinguished public services of Henry Clay in behalf of the National Pike. Built of freestone and is twenty feet high. Time has effaced the inscriptions except on the east side. The Shepherd mansion built in 1798 is on a nearby eminence." -- Souvenir of Wheeling (1905).
Submitted: April 9, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p238169
File Size: 0.253 Megabytes

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