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.

Time Period
Location
MC 1998.10, B3, F25
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from James Buchanan to Franklin Pierce