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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) Message of the Governor of Ohio, to the fifty-second general assembly, at the adjorned session, commencing January 5, 1857.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.166 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) Place Written: Columbus, Ohio Type: Pamphlet Date: 1857 Pagination: 30 p. ; 24.2 x 16.7 cm. Order a Copy

Chase, as Governor of Ohio, gives an address on matters pertaining to the State of Ohio during the last year. Includes financial matters of the state such as income, expenditures, taxes, and public matters like prisons, welfare, and schools. Discusses Ohio's anti-slavery stance and argues that the state may have to protect its citizens who emigrated to Kansas and suffered ill treatment there because they were settlers from a free state. Printed by Richard Nevins, State Printer, Statesman Steam Press, Columbus, Ohio.

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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