Senator
Henry
Clay¹s
handwritten
resolutions
proposing
the
Compromise
of
1850
with
a
printed
version
of
the
resolutions,
January
29,
1850
(Section
One)
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration,
Records
of
the
U.S.
Senate
Senator
Henry
Clay¹s
handwritten
resolutions
proposing
the
Compromise
of
1850
with
a
printed
version
of
the
resolutions,
January
29,
1850
(Section
Two)
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration,
Records
of
the
U.S.
Senate
Henry
Clay
(17771852)
By
John
Neagle,
1843
Courtesy
of
the
Architect
of
the
Capitol
Old
Senate
Chamber
The
view
from
Henry
Clay¹s
seat
in
the
Old
Senate
Chamber.
Clay¹s
handwritten
draft
of
the
resolutions
that
made
up
the
Compromise
of
1850
lies
on
his
desk.
Photography
by
Carol
Highsmith
"The
United
States
Senate,
A.D.,
1850"
By
Robert
Whitechurch,
after
Peter
Frederick
Rothermel,
1855
United
States
Senate
Collection
