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Chase asks that considering his successes in England, his original salary be reinstated and the costs he endured be defrayed
Date
12-31-1824
Keywords
England voyage, Cincinnati College, New York
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, ""A Declaration and Statement of my Worldly Affairs when I returned from England, 1824"" (1824). Philander Chase Letters. 507.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/507
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K.Ch.241232(2)
A Declaration and Statement of my untold affairs when I returned from England 1824
When I went to England to obtain a fund for our Seminary, I did it on my own risk. I relinquished my Salary as President of Cincinnati College which was [$500] per ann. and on the 4th of August 1823 set off with my family for New York State. If I had been unsuccessful I should have had no one to call upon for my losses. But God having blessed my endeavours with a considerable degree of success I think it right that the matter of my expenses and those of my family should be adjusted in the following manner:
Let my salary continue & let my extraordinary expenses be defrayed.