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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Politics in Ohio. Senator Chase's letter to Hon. A. P. Edgerton.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.192 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Pamphlet Date: 1853 Pagination: 1 v. : 16 p. ; 24.7 x 15.3 cm. Order a Copy

Also titled "Baltimore Democracy and Independent Democracy." In closing, Chase indicates his wish "...that the Ohio Democracy might maintain firmly and fearlessly their own noble creed; and that, hereafter, the action of the Ohio Democracy might correspond with their high profession." Bound with string. The actual letter was written in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1853; location and date of publication not included.

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Edgerton, Alfred Peck, 1813-1897

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