Files
Download
Download Full Text (1.4 MB)
Content Warning
The Philander Chase letters were written in the 18th and 19th century and therefore may contain language that we understand today as harmful or offensive. You may encounter paternalist descriptions of Native Americans, racial slurs, or sexism. For more information, see our policy page.
Description
Fragmentary. Philander Chase needs glasses to write his letters in his old age.
Date
5-27-1847
Keywords
Philander Chase, founding fathers, George Washington, United States, early republic, glasses, sight, old age
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Postmaster General" (1847). Philander Chase Letters. 1294.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1294
Rights Statement
Transcript
[…][v]e I [ec] [...]
[…]racy in acc[…]
[...]liance with Orders due
[...]ys for the good of the country and [?] Noble Institutions of Religion and learning so much wanted in the West and Far West of our Rising Republic. I am now past the age assigned to man being in my seventy second year; and may truly say as the Father of our liberties said at Newbury near West Point -- “I have not only grown Old & gray, but blind in my country’s service; and therefore must use my spectacles” (& here the Gen’l took them form his pocke[t] to read his speech I to write my letter) to s[ay] that I am Dear Sir
Your very sincere friend &
Obedient Servant
Philander Chase Bp. of Ill
P.M. Robins Nest Ill