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[1] ALS-F, ISLA; ADfS, DLC-RTL. John M. Clay wrote on August 4, 1862, ``I send you through Adams Express a snuff box, not of much intrinsic value, but which belonged to my late father, whose avowed sentiment `that he owed a higher allegiance to the Constitution and Government of the United States than to the Constitution and Government of any State,' is mine, and whose other noblest sentiment `that he would rather be right than be President' I hope may ever be yours.'' (DLC-RTL).