Description
Presentation copy of a Statistical View Of The United States by J.D.B. DeBow, inscribed by Ohio Senator Salmon P. Chase to his relative, D.H. Chase.
Octavo, 400pp. Brown cloth, blind stamped with “Senate Documents” on both covers, title stamped in gilt on the spine. General toning throughout, occasional foxing, wear and light rubbing to cloth along the spine. Dampstain along top edge, limited impact to title page and a few subsequent chapters. A few passages about New Hampshire underlined throughout the text.
The initials “D.H.C.” appear on the front free endpaper. Inscribed in pencil on the second free endpaper: “for D.H. Chase from S.P. Chase.”
Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) was a politician and jurist who represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 1849 to 1855, and Governor until 1860. He ran for president in 1860, losing the nomination to Abraham Lincoln. In 1861, Abraham Lincoln appointed him Secretary of the Treasury, then Chief Justice of the United States (1864). As Chief Justice, he presided over major Reconstruction-era questions, including the Senate impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson.
