Letter from James Buchanan to Benjamin Champneys

Letter from James Buchanan to Benjamin Champneys
Number of Pages: 
4
Date: 
January 13, 1843

Senator James Buchanan writes Benjamin Champneys, a Pennsylvania State Senator, to thank him for his help "in rescuing me from the hands of the Philistines" and to discuss several political issues. "I never believed until the present moment that I had the personal good will of nearly all the members of all parties to such an extent," as Buchanan observes. Transcription included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
MC 1998.10, B2, F4
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr