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Letter from James Buchanan to Franklin Pierce

Number of Pages:
3
Date:
December 5, 1857
President James Buchanan writes former President Franklin Pierce and encloses "the first copy of the message which has been delivered to any person." The "message" that Buchanan refers to is likely his first State of the Union, which was published on December 8, 1857. Transcript included.
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Location:
MC 1998.10, B3, F25
Origin:
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
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