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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01989 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to Salmon Chase regarding his choice for superintendent of the United States Mint at Denver |
| Date | 2 June 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Chase, Salmon P. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to send in the name of George W. Lane of Indiana as his choice for superintendent of the United States Mint at Denver, Colorado. Written on Executive Mansion stationery. According to Basler (5: 256), Chase opposed Lane's nomination, and Lincoln did not send it to Congress until January 1863. Lane's tenure at the Denver Mint marked the end of private coinage in the United States. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 -1862, p. 256 |
| Subjects | President Government and Civics Letter of Introduction or Recommendation US Mint Coins and Currency Finance Economics |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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