Skip to main content
Archives & Special Collections
Toggle menu
  • Home
  • Dickinson College
  • Waidner-Spahr Library
  • Rare Book Search
  • LGBT History Project
Academic Quad 1916
Some search features are currently unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve the site!

Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)

  • Home
    • About Us
    • Citation Guide
    • Student Work in Archives
  • Our Collections
    • Guides to Collections
    • Full-Text Documents
    • Photos / Images
    • Audio/Visual Collection
    • Artifacts
  • College Publications
    • The Alumni Magazine (1923-1980)
    • The Dickinsonian (1872-2019)
    • The Microcosm (1868-2018)
  • College History Projects
    • Encyclopedia
    • Timeline
    • Dickinson College Chronicles
    • Women's Experiences at Dickinson
  • Subject-Based Digital Projects
    • Carlisle Indian School Resources
    • LGBT History Project
    • Three Mile Island (TMI) Resources
    • James Buchanan Resources
    • Slavery and Abolition in the U.S.
    • Books of Isaac Norris
    • Writings by Dickinsonians
    • Digital Images on Flickr
    • Dickinson @ Internet Archive

Contact

Archives and Special Collections 
Waidner-Spahr Library 
Dickinson College 
P.O. Box 1773 
Carlisle, PA 17013 
717-245-1399 
archives@dickinson.edu

View Item
Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)
Number of Pages
5
Date
July 16, 1861

Edwin McMasters Stanton writes to former President James Buchanan regarding his opinion on the future for the Confederates and Fort Sumter, and the expectation of a battle at Fairfax.

People
Buchanan, James
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
Subject
Military Affairs and Conflict
Politics and Government
Format
Letters/Correspondence
Time Period
1860-1879
Location
I-SpahrB-1959-9
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)

Copyright © 2025  Archives & Special Collections at Dickinson College. All rights reserved. Login

sfy39587stp18