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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00214.02.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Porter letters |
| Title | Fitz-John Porter to Charles Guy Warden wishing Warden's father luck in a literary venture |
| Date | 14 February 1887 |
| Author | Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901) |
| Recipient | Warden, Charles Guy |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | General Porter, New York City Police Commissioner, instructs Warden to wish his father, author Robert Bruce Warden, luck in a literary undertaking. Indicates that R. Warden's project involves Salmon P. Chase, who had served as Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, and later as Supreme Court Chief Justice. Hopes R. Warden "will be able to give the facts of Judge Chase's course towards McClellan & the prompting of his acts. Every point of the kind is now looked for with great interest in the light of history." R. B. Warden published a book on Chase in 1874. Chase was an ardent critic of General George B. McClellan. Written on Commissioner's Office, Police Department stationery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Politics Literature and Language Arts Lincoln's Cabinet Union Forces Union General |
| People | Porter, Fitz John (1822-1901) Warden, Charles Guy (b. 1860) Warden, Robert B. (Robert Bruce) (1824-1888) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Law; Arts & Literature; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | R. B. Warden published a book on Chase in 1874. Chase was an ardent critic of General George B. McClellan. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |