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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) Collection of letters from Salmon Portland Chase to Jehu Glancy Jones regarding the politics during the Reconstruction Era [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05677 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1867-1871 Pagination: 5 items Order a Copy

Chase served as United States Senator from Ohio 1849-1854 and 1861-1862, Governor of Ohio 1855-1857, Secretary of the Treasury 1861-1864, and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1864-1873. Jones served as United States Representative 1851-1858, and as Minister to Austria 1858-1861.

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Jones, Jehu Glancy, 1811-1878

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