Letter from James Buchanan to Eliza Watterston

James Buchanan, the United States Minister to the United Kingdom, writes to Miss Eliza Watterston and offers condolences regarding the death of her father and a Mrs. Baker. Buchanan also explains that he is ready to return home. "I long to return to my own country which is the happiest land beneath the sun," as Buchanan observes. Transcript included.