Proceedings upon the occasion of the presentation of the portrait of Salmon Portland Chase, to the United States courts at Springfield, Illinois . IN THE Circuit and District Courts of the United StatesFor the Southern District of Illinois PROCEEDINGS UPON THE OCCASION OF THEPRESENTATION OF THE PORTRAIT OF TO THE UNITED STATES COURTSAT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS On Odober Seventh, One ThousandNine Hundred and Five BEFORE THE Honorables Francis E. Baker and Christian C. Kohlsaat, CircuitJudges, and the Honorables Sol. H. BetheaandJ Otis Humphrey,DistriB Judges, presiding. The Honorables James G. Jen
Proceedings upon the occasion of the presentation of the portrait of Salmon Portland Chase, to the United States courts at Springfield, Illinois . IN THE Circuit and District Courts of the United StatesFor the Southern District of Illinois PROCEEDINGS UPON THE OCCASION OF THEPRESENTATION OF THE PORTRAIT OF TO THE UNITED STATES COURTSAT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS On Odober Seventh, One ThousandNine Hundred and Five BEFORE THE Honorables Francis E. Baker and Christian C. Kohlsaat, CircuitJudges, and the Honorables Sol. H. BetheaandJ Otis Humphrey,DistriB Judges, presiding. The Honorables James G. Jenkins,Circuit Judge, retired, and the Honorable John K. Richaras,Circuit Judge of the Sixth Circuit, were Sitting with the Court ^^ //•. IV. Rokker Company Prest Springfitld Illinois. Jpr^B^ntatintt KhhrtBB (Sottrrnor of Sllinoia May it Please the Honokable Judges: I have been requested by the bar of the SouthernDistrict of Illinois to move that this HonorableCourt accept their tender of the portrait of the lateSalmon P. Chase. In support of the motion, I desireto recite briefly a few interesting facts concerningthis portrait. Mr. W. Cogswell was the artist. It was paintedby him in 1867, at the request of Jay Cooke, of Phila-delphia. Mr. Cooke had been an admirer and thesteadfast friend of the Chief Justice when he wasthe Secretary of the United States Treasury, and theSecretary had relied upon the judgment and invokedthe assistance of Mr. Cooke in arranging for theextensive loans which were necessary during theCivil War. Financial reverses overtook Mr. Cooke,and this portrait was sold at auction at hishome at Ogontz, Pa. It was purchased by a 3 colored man named James Wormly, then aproprietor of an hotel at Washington, D. C,who, out of gratitude for the services wproceedingsupono00unit
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