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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC05677.03 |
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 regarding the civil role of politicians |
Date | 26 April 1868 |
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, responds to a letter from Jones, a judge and former United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Discussing the civic role of politicians, states "In my public life hitherto I have never had but one controlling rule of action; ascertain as truly as possible the duty of the present hour & then do it fearlessly ... " |
Subjects | Supreme Court Philosophy Politics Government and Civics |
People | Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) Jones, Jehu Glancy (1811-1878) |
Place written | Washington, D.C. |
Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
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 |
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