Saturday, June 29, 2013

November 12, 1862---Media Darlings of the Victorian Age Marry



NOVEMBER 12, 1862:        

President Lincoln attends the wedding of Kate Chase, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, to Senator-elect William Sprague IV of Rhode Island, the State’s former governor, and a former colonel who served at the First Battle of Bull Run. William and Kate are destined to be the young power couple of Washington D.C. They are attractive, wealthy, and come from powerful political families.



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