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A pair of issues on the impeachment of Judge Samuel Chase...
A pair of issues on the impeachment of Judge Samuel Chase...
Item # 702652
April 14, 1804
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL & MASSACHUSETTS FEDERALIST, Boston, April 11 and 14, 1804 This is a pair of consecutive issues on the Impeachment of Judge Chase.
The front page of April 11 is mostly taken up with: "Judge Chase's Vindication" which includes to letter by Chase concerning his impeachment. The second letter carries over to page 2. The reporting mentions the articles of impeachment will be included in the next issue, which they are:
The front page of April 14 has a full column taken up with: "Judge Chase's Impeachment" including the seven Articles.
Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on March 12, 1804 on eight articles of impeachment alleging misconduct. His impeachment trial before the Senate delivered an acquittal on March 1, 1805, with none of the eight articles receiving the two-thirds majority needed for a conviction.
Each issue is four pages, a few stains, archival mend at the spine off April 11, generally in good condition.
Each issue is four pages, a few stains, archival mend at the spine off April 11, generally in good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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