Letter from James Buchanan to James McLanahan

Letter from James Buchanan to James McLanahan
Number of Pages: 
6
Date: 
June 22, 1842

Senator James Buchanan writes to James X. McLanahan, a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, regarding how postmasters are appointed and removed, Pennsylvania politics, and the apportionment bill. "Now the power of removal rests with the President alone; and this he has already exercised," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
MC 1998.10, B2, F1
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr