Letters from James Buchanan to Unknown Recipients

Letters from James Buchanan to Unknown Recipients
Date
1840-1855

Senator James Buchanan writes four letters on a number of different topics, including Congressional legislation on bankruptcy, banks, the Tariff bill, the 1844 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, and political conditions in Pennsylvania.

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Letters from James Buchanan to James Campbell

Letters from James Buchanan to James Campbell
Date
1852-1854

James Buchanan writes five letters to James Campbell regarding Pennsylvania politics, the Democratic conventions, President Franklin Pierce's appointments, and Buchanan's experience working as the United States Minister to the United Kingdom.

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to George Plitt

Letter from James Buchanan to George Plitt
Date
November 1, 1853

James Buchanan describes his experience working and living in London as United States Minister to the United Kingdom and comments on the latest political news from the United States. George Plitt is a Pennsylvania attorney.

Location
MC 1998.10, B3, F14
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to Christopher L. Ward

Letter from James Buchanan to Christopher L. Ward
Date
September 20, 1853

James Buchanan writes to Christopher L. Ward and describes life in London as the new United States Minister to the United Kingdom and discusses the possibility of a conflict between Russia and Turkey in the Crimean.

Location
MC 1998.10, B3, F13
Time Period