Number of Pages
5
Date
July 2, 1865

Former President James Buchanan writes to a group of Democrats who live around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and explains his inability to attend their independence day celebration. "On this hollowed Anniversary, let us rejoice, that, through the intervention of Divine Providence, peace has once more returned to bless our land," as Buchanan notes. Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
MC 1998.10, B4, F10
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from James Buchanan to Harrisburg Democrats