The Salmon P. Chase Papers: Journals, 1829-1872
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873384725 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This volume includes his Civil War-era diaries and his account of a tour of the South in 1865.. This is the first of a proposed six-volume edition of the selected papers of Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873), a notable figure in the anti-slavery movement and American politics of the 19th century
Chase Papers. . His many books include Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, Martin Van Buren and the Romantic Era of American Politics, and John C. John Niven is Professor Emeritus of American History at Claremont Graduate School and is editor of the papers of Salmon P. Grant Association, Southern Illinois University-Carb
"An Intimate View of 19th Century America" This marvelous book offers the reqader and the researcher a window into the life of one of our most important political characters in a troubled century. Some historians have offered the thought that we live in a different world from that in which Chase lived. The Journals give us a more personal view than the works in general of a man who served in Ohio and national politics, as an abolitionist leader, as sec'y of the Treasury
About the Author John Niven is Professor Emeritus of American History at Claremont Graduate School and is editor of the papers of Salmon P. His many books include Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, Martin Van Buren and the Romantic Era of American Politics, and John C. Grant Association, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, is also assistant editor of volumes 1 and 2 of The Salmon P. Ferraro, assistant editor with the Ulysses S. Chase Papers. . Calhoun and the Price ofUnion: A Biography.Leikin is a Lecturer for the Department of History at San Francisco State University.William M. Chase