Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Former President James Buchanan writes James Buchanan Henry and includes payment for stocks that Henry purchased on behalf of Harriet Lane. Buchanan also asks Henry "to take out my will" as "it is neceseary or rather proper that I should make some changes in it on account of changes in my...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F8
Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Harriet Lane Johnston writes Judge Jeremiah Sullivan Black to defending her uncle's (President James Buchanan) motives for distribution of offices during his administration. "One thing I do know," as Johnston explains, is "that if he had an...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F16
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
Samuel Barlow writes to George Ticknor Curtis about Curtis' James Buchanan manuscript that contains material on Buchanan's engagement to Miss Anna Coleman. Barlow argues that Curtis "should not print any considerable portion of what you have written, on the subject of his engagement to Miss...
Location: I-Original-1881-1
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
Harriet Lane Johnston writes to Lily Macalester while on holiday in England. Addressed to "Dear Lily", Harriet chronicles her travels through the English countryside; encountering acquaintances from home, seeing icebergs, and attending a royal wedding. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F16
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
Harriet Lane Johnston writes to former First Lady Frances Cleveland about the birth of her son, Richard Folsom Cleveland. "I have waited until I thought you as well as the President might be able to receive any congratulations upon the arrival of the young gentleman who we are all so glad to...
Location: I-Friends-2008-2
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
