Chicago, July 4,
1853.
My Dear Sir: I
have just returned from Missouri. Your letter reached me I think at St. Louis.
I regret not seeing your brother, or yourself. You have seen that I did not
speak at St. Louis and why it was best that I could not; I believe the
correspondence will do more than a speech would have done.
Chicago is a flourishing place but the total ensemble did
not please me. I should prefer Cincinnati or St. Louis to live in.
What would you think of the life editorial and taking charge
of a paper here" or at Chicago? [sic] 1 am pretty certain you could
succeed, and win reputation and fortune as well as at the bar.
Yours truly,
[SALMON P. CHASE.]
SOURCE: Diary and correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Annual
Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1902, Vol.
2, p. 251-2
