- GLC#
- GLC07686
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- [1865/04/15]
- Author/Creator
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
- Title
- Speech written by Chase for Andrew Johnson after Lincoln's assassination
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 13.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
"Oppressed by their sorrow and profoundly conscious how much I shall need the support and faith of my countrymen, I have take the Oath prescribed by the Constitution, and have entered upon the duties of the great office so suddenly, and so sadly made vacant."
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