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(CIVIL WAR.) SUMNER, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to [George?] Bancroft, concerning the 1864 election, the liklihood that Salmon Chase will be appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and joking about politicians. 2 pages, folded 8vo sheet; inlaid. Boston, 9 November 1864
". . . I think you need not be anxious about the Chief Justiceship. It is solemnly promised to Chase. I do not see how there can be any change. Again & again the President has said that Chase should have it, & a fortnight ago he positively announced his determination to appoint him. I agree with you about that tribe of politicians with whom politics seems a game. 'Looking after' is the least that they need."
