DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DIPLOMA ISSUED TO FLETCHER TALBOT FROM TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY SIGNED BY HENRY CLAY AND 12 OTHERS

Lexington, Kentucky, 1838. Frame Dimensions: 25" x 29.5"; Document Dimensions: 16" x 19.5". In Very Good condition and displayed in matted gold-colored frame. Light age toning to document. Frayed beige ribbon woven in at bottom. Thirteen signatures at bottom as well, including that of U.S. congressman, Secretary of State, and Transylvania University faculty member Henry Clay.


"AD QUOS HAR LITERAE PERVENERINT, / Salutem in Domino. / Scialis nos, Curatores Prasidem atque Professores / Medicine Academia Transylvaniensis, / Auctoritate Nobis Commissa, /Fletcher Talbot / Medicina Scientia diligenter instructum et in publicis examina tionibus decime quarto die Martis Annoque Domini millesimo octingentesimo tricesimo octavo habitis approobatum / Doctorem Medicine / constituisse eiqur honores atque omnia et singula jura et privilegia illius Gradus donavisse." Henry Clay (1777-1852) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Kentucky in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. He also served as Secretary of State during the administration of John Quincy Adams. In addition to his public service, Clay worked as a lawyer and was appointed to the faculty of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, the first university west of the Appalachian Mountains, in 1805. 1411702. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.