Salmon P. Chase letters, 1861-1872.

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Salmon P. Chase letters, 1861-1872.

Letter from Chase to an unidentified addressee, dated Oct. 28, 1872, recommending a biography of Rutledge; official letter signed by Chase, dated Nov. 26, 1861, directing Collector of the Customs Hiram Barney to allow entry to items imported by J.L. and D.S. Riker; official letter signed by Chase, dated Aug. 8, 1862, ordering Capt. John Faunce to report to Hiram Barney for special duty; and letter to Messrs. Ticknor, Fields & Co., dated April 13, 1866, thanking them and a Mr. Marshall for a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

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Ticknor and Fields

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Ticknor and Fields of Boston, Massachusetts was the premier "literary" publishing house in the United States during the middle years of the nineteenth century. Ticknor and Fields originated in the firm of Allen and Ticknor established in 1832. The partners in Ticknor and Fields were William D. Ticknor (one of the partners in Allen and Ticknor) and James T. Fields, who entered the firm as a junior partner in 1843. Fields edited the Atlantic monthly from 1861-1870. Fields was also a wri...

Riker, D. S.

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Riker, J. L.

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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...

Faunce, John

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Barney, Hiram

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American engineer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keokuk, to W.W. Belknap, 1869 Nov. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622429 Hiram Barney (1811-1895) acquired the land in the Half-Breed Tract that would become the White Elk Vineyard in the 1840s. The vineyard was established in 1869 when Barney sent his son, Lewis Tappan Barney, a Civil War veteran, to develop and manage the vineyard. Within years, the White Elk vineyard was producing from 15,000 to 30...