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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 [Validating invoice from Charles Tuling for importing merchandise]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06452.03 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 24 February 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 17.6 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed document signed by Chase as Secretary of the Treasury. Application to allow admittance of the merchandise being imported by Tuling from Matanzas, Cuba on the bark St. Mary's. Also signed by Hiram Barney, as Collector of Customs in New York.

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Tuling, Charles, fl. 1862

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