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The Salmon P. Chase Papers - Vol. 3

By: John Niven; James P. McClure et al. | Book details

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have had for the last twelve years should all the time have had to pay so large a part of his own expences. If it were not for the name of thing it would not be worth while to hold prominent position, involving little else than incessant labor with the privilege of finding oneself.Last night I took Gov Sprague2 with me and we went out to make some calls. First we visited Madame Stoeckl. [M.] de Stoeckl was in Boston, but Madame made the call very pleasant by her vivacious & agreeable conversation. Next we paid our respects to Prince de Joinville. The young princes were not at home but the Prince was apparently very glad to see us.3 We talked very freely of European matters as connected with our struggle. He feels deeply & expresses strongly the necessity of some early & distinguished success to prevent recognition abroad. While we were talking the Count de Paris came in and he and I engaged in talk while the Prince took possession of Gov. S-- -- From the Princes we drove to Col. Taylors where we found Mrs Taylor4 & Belle--(Mrs Clark) & Evey, with Major Shiras & Captn. Kingsbury.5 The Colonel was not at home; but Mrs. T-- -- was as lively and chatty as always. Of course I heard the old--(pretty fresh with me though) regret that we did not live nearer
1. Chase also enlisted Jay Cooke in his search for a "plain & light" enclosed conveyance for two passengers and a driver--"comfortable but not showy or costly." In Philadelphia, Cooke and his partner and brother-in-law, William G. Moorhead, purchased a suitably "modest" coupé that they shipped to Washington with the suggestion that they pay for it as a gift. Chase, who in his own words was "strongly tempted" for financial reasons to accept, replied that as a public officer he must refuse. He subsequently decided that his daughter could, with propriety, accept the gift--yet he determined also that the vehicle was too light for its intended use, and returned it to Cooke. Chase to Cooke, Oct. 25, Nov. 21, Dec. 16, 1861, Cooke to Chase, Oct. 30, Nov. 5, Dec. 27, 1861, (Cooke Papers, Hist. Soc. of Pa.).
2. William Sprague.
3. François Ferdinand Philippe Louis Marie d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville, and his nephews, Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, Comte de Paris, and Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand d'Orléans, Duc de Chartres. Elizabeth Howard had married Édouard de Stoeckl in 1856. Frank A. Golder, "The American Civil War through the Eyes of a Russian Diplomat," American Historical Review 26 (Apr. 1921):455
4. Eveline Aurilla McLean Taylor, wife of Commissary General Joseph Pannel Taylor. Appletons', 6:55.
5. Alexander Eakin Shiras ( 1819-75) worked in the subsistence bureau. Charles Kingsbury (d. 1866), formerly with Ohio's 18th Infantry, was at this time an assistant adjutant general. Appletons', 5:513; Heitman, Historical Register 1:600-601.

TO JAMES H. WALTON

Letterbook copy in clerk's hand. Letters Sent Relating to the Subtreasury System (U Series), General Records, Department of the Treasury (Record Group 56), National Archives (micro 17:0896).

Treasury Department

26th. Oct. 1861.

Sir 1

In your letter of the 24th inst received yesterday you give a Statement of your balances, as follows:

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