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The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
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Item Title
Letter from Salmon Portland Chase to Irwin McDowell. March 30, 1865.
Author/Creator
Author: Chase, Salmon Portland
Created/Published
March 30, 1865
Washington, D. C.
Notes
Chase resignation mentioned herein was offered to Lincoln June 29th, 1864 and was accepted the next day, June 30th. After assisting Lincoln in the Campaign of 1864, in which Lincoln was re-elected, Lincoln proved his gratitude to Chase by appointing him, Dec. 6th, 1864, Chief-Justice of the United States.
Chase's fears that the Rebellion would "close in blood" were realized a few days after Chase penned this letter as Lincoln was shot down by the renegade actor Booth and Chase's worst fears were realized.
This is possibly the finest Chase letter extant, for this letter proves that a bad feeling between Chase and Lincoln forced Chase's resignation form the Treasury portfolio and came very near to making Chase a bitter enemy of Lincoln.
Subjects
USA--District of Columbia--Washington
USA--California
Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873)
McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885)
Morgan, Edwin Dennison (1811-1883)
Chicago Platform
Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870)
Chase, Katherine Jane (1840-1899)
Lincoln's cabinet
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Correspondence
letter
Manuscripts
Object Type
Medium
20 x 25.4
Call Number
Manuscripts; Portfolio 1, no. 7
Part of
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Repository
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital ID
lprbscsm scsm1066
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm1066