Wickliffe v. Clay

In June, 1808, Henry Clay and William Lytle entered into a written contract for exchanging real estate which Clay owned in Louisville, fora house called u The Trav-eller’s Hall,” and for a lot with a brick stable thereon, and for other property, all of which Lytle held in Lexington.

On the 9th of November, 1808, Clay sold the stable and the lot on which it stood to John P. Wagnon, for eighteen hundred dollars, fa part of which, to wit, eight hundred dollars, was then paid in four chandeliers, and the residue, one thousand dollars, was to be paid in three years, with accruing legal interest…