Number of Pages
5
Date
September 27, 1845

Secretary of State James Buchanan to diplomat J. Randolph Clay regarding future diplomatic appointments, the annexation of Texas, and the possibility of a war with Mexico. "I think, from present appearances we shall have no war with Mexico; but this is yet uncertain," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
MC 1998.10, B2, F11
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from James Buchanan to J. Randolph Clay