Product Description: This fifth volume of the Salmon P. Chase papers covers 215 letters that shed light on the last phase of Chase's life, the eight and a half years that he presided over the United States Supreme Court as chief justice. During this period, he dealt with issues that redefined the rights of individuals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This fourth volume of the Salmon P. Chase papers covers the last 15 months of his tenure as Treasury secretary and concludes with his nomination as Chief Justice of the United States. Letters that document his increasing alienation from the Lincoln administration are featured. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This third volume of the Salmon P. Chase papers documents Chase's career from early 1858 - the beginning of his second term as the governor of Ohio - through to the pivotal election of 1860 and the first two years of his service as secretary of the Treasury in Abraham Lincoln's wartime cabinet...read more