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Life and legacy of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase
The article chronicles Salmon P. Chase born in Cornish New Hampshire in 1808, tracing his rise from birch bark writing lessons to Dartmouth and Ohio education, his early legal struggles, abolitionist stand, political shifts, Senate service, Civil War era roles, cabinet work under Lincoln, confirmation as Chief Justice, and notable rulings including the greenbacks legal tender case and ties to the Dartmouth College case.
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