Letter from James Buchanan to Harrisburg Democrats

Letter from James Buchanan to Harrisburg Democrats
Number of Pages: 
5
Date: 
July 2, 1865

Former President James Buchanan writes to a group of Democrats who live around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and explains his inability to attend their independence day celebration. "On this hollowed Anniversary, let us rejoice, that, through the intervention of Divine Providence, peace has once more returned to bless our land," as Buchanan notes. Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
MC 1998.10, B4, F10
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr