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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05677.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters from Salmon Portland Chase to Jehu Glancy Jones regarding the politics during the Reconstruction Era |
| Title | Salmon P. Chase to Jehu Glancy Jones discussing party politics |
| Date | 27 July 1871 |
| Author | Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) |
| Recipient | Jones, Jehu Glancy |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Chase, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, discusses party politics with Jones, a judge and former United States Representative from Pennsylvania. States "I thank you for your kind solicitude concerning my health, but fancy that its restoration is of very little importance to our country. The interest I take in political matters is not great, and not at all personal. I am gratified to see Democratic party resuming its old position ..." |
| Subjects | Democratic Party Politics Supreme Court Health and Medical |
| People | Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) Jones, Jehu Glancy (1811-1878) |
| Place written | St. Louis, Michigan |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | 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 1864-1873. Jones served as United States Representative 1851-1858, and as Minister to Austria 1858-1861. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |