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Scope and ContentMagazine ad for Old Crow Whiskey, depicting William Henry Harrison visiting Clay at Ashland in 1840. Clay is shown in a yellow tailcoat standing over a table with a bottle of whiskey welcoming Harrison. Ashland is shown in the background as a red brick building. The ad reads in part: "Wm. Henry Harrison visits Henry Clay's estate, Ashland, 1840. Touring Kentucky, the Hero of Tippecanoe accepts an invitation to visit Ashland, Clay's estate in Frankfort. Along with political counsel, he could expect the finest in Kentucky hospitality. A 19th century newspaper reported that Harrison's favorite bourbon was Old Crow. And James Crow was a personal friend of Henry Clay."
               
                                 

                     
Entry/Object ID
2001.001