Peyton Polly case transcripts, 1856-1859.

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Peyton Polly case transcripts, 1856-1859.

Holograph transcripts of correspondence and legal documents concerning the slave kidnapping case of freeman Peyton Polly's family from Lawrence Co., Ohio, and attempts during Chase's tenure as governor to return the Polly family to Ohio.

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Ratcliffe, William D.

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Laidly, John

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Polley family

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Wilson, J. W. (Joel W.)

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Polly, Peyton.

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

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...