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Letter from James Buchanan to New York City Burns Club
Number of Pages:
3
Date:
January 15, 1859
President James Buchanan writes the Burns Club of the City of New York to decline the club's invitation to a dinner celebrating Robert Burns's centennial birthday. Buchanan also expresses his personal views on the poet's life and work. "[Burns] has ever been a favorite poet of mine," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.
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I-Friends-2011-3
Origin:
Gift of Friends of the Library