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January 04, 1861

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Friday, January 4, 1861.
 Springfield, IL.

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Sen.-elect Salmon P. Chase (Ohio), former governor of Ohio and candidate for Republican nomination in 1860, arrives in Springfield. "He comes by invitation of the President and will probably be tendered the Secretaryship of State." N.Y. Herald, 5 January 1861.

After interview with Lincoln Chase writes Cong. Elihu B. Washburne (Ill.), friend of Lincoln: "It is a mistaken supposition that Mr. Lincoln has as yet tendered me the Treasury Dept." Chase to Washburne, 14 January 1861, Elihu B. Washburne, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. 

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Sen.-elect Salmon P. Chase (Ohio), former governor of Ohio and 
candidate for Republican nomination in 1860, arrives in Springfield. 
"He comes by invitation of the President and will probably be 
tendered the Secretaryship of State."
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               <title>N.Y. Herald</title>, 5 January 1861.</bibl>
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After interview with Lincoln Chase writes Cong. Elihu B. Washburne 
(Ill.), friend of Lincoln: "It is a mistaken supposition that Mr. 
Lincoln has as yet tendered me the Treasury Dept."
<bibl default='NO'>Chase to Washburne, 14 January 1861, Elihu B. Washburne, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.</bibl>
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