CHASE SALMON P Brief Autograph Letter Signed SP Chase as Sen

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CHASE, SALMON P. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, "S.P. Chase," as Senator, to "Dear Sir": "Please send me so many copies of my speech, in packages of 5 each, as the enclosed $1 will pay for." Written at lower left is "Charged 15," in unknown hand, and verso is docketed in same hand. ½ page, 12mo; some loss to right and lower left corners, faint scattered foxing, horizontal folds. Washington, 6 May 1850

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The speech mentioned in this letter is likely his "Union and Freedom, Without Compromise," concerning the Compromise of 1850 (resolutions designed to mitigate the sectional conflicts that would give rise to the Civil War), which he delivered to the Senate on March 26-7, 1850.