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RedPninety t1_ivqsdwl wrote

I finished Walter Stahr's biography of Salmon Chase, Lincoln's treasury secretary.

Chase was a leading lawyer in Ohio for African American rights in the 1840s. He followed this up by being a senator, governor, Treasury secretary and finally serving in the supreme court in his last years. Worth a read if you have an interest in figures from the civil war era

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elmonoenano t1_ivu3i5u wrote

I love his biographies. I've got this one sitting in my TBR pile, but the one on Stanton and Seward were great.

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Tiny-Bus-3820 t1_ivxxa3s wrote

I have read Stahr’s biography of William Seward…it’s an interesting read about an under appreciated and under estimated man.

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Nenechihusband t1_iw0mvnk wrote

His bio for John Jay was solid too

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RedPninety t1_iw0zwik wrote

I've got his bio of Stanton, but all the ones of Jay seem to be pretty expensive when I glance around

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