Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 to Jehu Glancy Jones

GLC05677.05

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Type
Letters
Date
27 July 1871
Author/Creator
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Title
to Jehu Glancy Jones
Place Written
St. Louis, Michigan
Pagination
1 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

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 ..."

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